Fables of Faerûn

Fables of Faerûn was a collection of short stories and parables collected from across the Realms.

Description
Each entry in the Fables of Faerûn was a rather thin book with a green cover.

Volume V: The Boy and the Beholder
This story told of a small boy who lived with his shepherd father on the banks of the River Chionthar. Bored with his humdrum life, the boy repeatedly ran around yelling "Beholder! Beholder!", much to his father's alarm. The boy laughed in amusement time and again as he scared his father with this game.

A few days after he had tricked his father, the boy saw a large, spherical figure, with distinct eye stalks, floating off in the distance. The "beholder" stalked the boy along the river's edge until he could run no more. The creature revealed was in fact the shepherd himself, dressed in a cloak and wreathed in vines. The shepherd got his revenge on his son, and taught him a valuable lesson he would not forget.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III