In a certain village, there lived two close friends who were
very fond of traveling. So, one day they went to a forest to see natural
beauty. They were walking along the path of the forest and were so spellbound
by the excitement of the forest that they even did not notice. After sometimes
they had lost their way. They knew it very well that the forest was the abode
by various wild animals. So, they promised one another that they would never
leave each other in times of danger.
One friend knew how to climb on a tree but the other did not.
Anyway, they were walking through the jungle and searching the way. All of a
sudden, they saw a bear coming towards them. So, they both got frightened. One
friend said, “Dear friend, I will climb up a tree. As you don’t know how to
climb, you had better run away. But the friend knew that a bear doesn’t touch a
dead body. So, finding no other way, he utilized the idea and fell flat on the
ground like a dead person. When he guessed that the bear was just beside him,
he stopped breathing.
The bear smelt the body of the lying friend and thought him
to be a dead body. So, it did not touch him and went away gently. The friend on
the tree saw everything. When the bear went away, he got down from the tree. He
went to his friend and asked him eagerly. “Dear friend, what did the bear
whisper into your ear?” In reply, the friend said, “It advised me not to trust
a friend who leaves his friend at the time of danger.” At this, the false
friend felt embarrassed and left the place. So, we must be very careful in
choosing friends.
Or,
Story of Two Friends
One day two friends were walking through the forest. They
were speaking with each other. As a matter of fact, they were close friends.
One point, they promised, they will help with each in their danger. All of a
sudden a bear was coming towards them. Seeing the bear, they become very
afraid. One of them climbed up along the tree at once.
Another friend did not know how to do now. Because he didn’t
know how way climbs up to agree. At that moment, he hit upon a plan. He lay
down on the ground just like a dead man. By this time, the bear comes to near
him and examined his nose, hear, eyes and his very carefully, etc. But at last,
the bear could understand that this man is a dead man.
The bear went away because the bear does not eat a dead body.
When they went away, the first friend got down from the tree and asked his
friend “what did the bear say to you?” In the reply, the second friend said,
the bear said to me that the friend who ran away to fall in danger his friends.
He is not your real friend.
Moral: A
friend in need is a friend indeed.
Or,
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed
There were two friends. They lived in a certain village. They
promised that they would help each other at the time of danger. One day they
were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly a bear came in front of them. So
both of them were afraid and were at a loss of what to do. One of them knew how
to climb a tree He at once climbed a tree and hide. The other man, finding no
alternative fell on the ground and held his breath pretending to be dead. The
bear came up to him and smelt his nose, ears, and face, took him to be a dead
man, and left the place. When the bear was gone the man in the tree came down
and said, “Thank God that you are saved. But friend, I saw the bear put its
mouth very close to your ear. Did it say anything to you?”
The friend replied. “Yes, the bear told me not to trust a
friend who left me in danger to seek his own safety.”