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Story: A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed/ Two Friends and a Bear

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 they did not know what to do in a hurry. One of them knew how to climb up a tree. He climbed up a nearby tree and left his friend alone. The other was fatty and did not know how to climb up a tree. He gave up the hope of his life. He knew that a bear doesn’t touch a dead body. So he fell flat on the ground like a dead person. He stopped breathing also. The bear came near him. It smelt him all over the body. The bear thought him to be a dead man. So, it did not touch him. It went away slowly and gently. The friend who was on the tree saw everything. He got down from the tree. He went to his friend and asked him eagerly, “oh! Dear, what did the bear whisper to your ear?” In reply the friend said, “It advised me not to trust a false friend.” It said, “Don’t mix with the friend who leaves you in theme of danger. He’s not a friend indeed.” So, we should bear in mind that “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”