Place: A pastoral village Time: Indeterminate Bastienne, a shepherdess, fears that her "dearest friend", Bastien, has forsaken her for another pretty face, and decides to go into the pasture to be comforted by her flock of lambs.
Sted: En pastoral landsby Tid: Ubestemt Bastienne, en hyrdinde, frygter, at hendes "kæreste ven", Bastien, har forladt hende for en anden og beslutter at gå ud på engen for at finde trøst hos sin flok af lam.