The False Friend

Once upon a time two friends were walking through a forest. Suddenly they saw a bear-coming towards them both of them were afraid. One of them ran off and got upon a tree to save himself. He did not think for a while what would happen to his friend. The other friend did not know how to climb a tree. He hit upon a plan. He heard that the bear does not touch a dead man. So he lay down on the ground posing to be dead. Soon the bear came up to him, Smelt his face, nose and ears and then went away taking him for dead. The first friend came down from the tree and asked his friend what the bear had said to him. The second friend said, "The bear advised me never to believe in a friend who leaves his friend in danger."

Moral : A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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