Two Friends and A Bear – English Story Writing.
TWO FRIENDS ANDA BEAR
[Two friends set out for town → pass through forest → a bear came → one instantly climb up a tree →other can not → lies on the ground as dead – bear comes and smells → takes for dead→ the first friend gets down → the second friend calls him a fair-weather friend.]
Two friends lived ina village. One day they set out for the town. They had to pass through a dense forest. Suddenly they noticed a bear at a distance. It was approaching them. They were frightened. One of them at once climbed up a nearby tree. The other did not know how to climb a tee. He pleaded “Help me, friend. Please don’t leave me alone.” “Do whatever you like or go to hell”, said the other friend. Suddenly the friend remembered that a bear does not touch a dead man. So he lay on the ground, held his breath and feigned to be a dead man. The bear came. It sniffed his ears, nose and eyes. The bear took him for a dead man and went away. As soon as the bear disappeared into the jungle, the first friend got down from the tree. He said to the other, “What did the bear whisper to your ears?” The second friend replied, “The bear advised me to beware of the fair-weather friends.”
Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed.