| A FRIEND IN NEED |
| Two friends, while on their way to a village had to pass through a dense forest. There they suddenly came across a bear. One of them immediately climbed a big tree, which was near. But the other, not knowing how to climb a tree and suddenly remembering that a bear would not touch a dead body, fell on the ground, pretending that he was dead. The bear came near the man lying motionless, smelt his body for a minute or so, and then went away. The man who had climbed the tree saw all this and on coming down, asked his friend what the bear had whispered in his ear. His friend said “The bear asked me not to rely on a friend who can desert me at the approach of danger. |
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