Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in a...Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in an effort to reforest his desolate region.