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 in the time of danger. One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly a bear come in fort of them. So, both of them were afraid and were at a loss what to do. One friend said, “Dear friend, I will climb up a tree. As you don’t know how to climb, you had better run away.” The other friend become very disappointed hearing this. But he knew that a bear doesn’t touch a dead body. So, finding no other way, he capitalized the idea and fell flat on the ground like a dead person. At last, the bear came and found him lying on the ground. The bear smelt the body and considered him to be dead. It went way without doing any harm.

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. The friend replied that the bear forbade him to keep company with such a friend who left his friend in danger. Hearing this, his friend felt ashamed and went away.