{"id":2262,"date":"2025-02-06T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanakisgeronymakis.grthe-shepherd-mends-his-boots-on-the-mountain\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:14:10","slug":"the-shepherd-mends-his-boots-on-the-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanakisgeronymakis.gr\/en\/the-shepherd-mends-his-boots-on-the-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SHEPHERD MENDS HIS BOOTS ON THE MOUNTAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Out there in the countryside, a shepherd is \u201crepairing\u201d (mending) his boots. In the past, shepherds usually wore boots, and it wasn\u2019t uncommon for them to suddenly get \u201cworn out\u201d up on the mountain peak (to tear so badly that walking became impossible). 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