A Friend in Need is a Friends Indeed

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

Once upon a time, two men were fast friends. One day they set out on a journey. They promised to help each other through thick and thin. When they were passing through a forest, they saw a bear coming towards them. They were greatly frightened to see it. One of them climbed up a tree nearby. The other did not know how to climb up a tree. So he lay down on the ground and held his breath. The bear came up to him and smelt him. Thinking him to be dead, the bear went away. The selfish friend climbed down the tree and said to his friend, “What did the bear whisper in your ear?" the other replied, "He advised me not to keep friendship with a selfish man.