A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed Story

This is a story of two friends and a bear. The story teaches us “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

There were two friends and lived in a certain village. They were very intimate with each other. They promised that they would help each other at the time of danger. One day the two friends were passing through a jungle. Suddenly, they saw a bear coming towards them. They both got afraid. One of them knew how to climb up a tree so he climbed up a tree without thinking about his friend. But the other was did not know how to climb up a tree. But he knew that a bear does not touch a dead body. So he fell on the ground and like a dead person and stopped breathing. The bear came near him and smelt him all over the body. It thought him to be dead. Then, without touching him, it went away slowly. The friend who was on the tree saw everything. He got down from the tree, went to his friend and asked him eagerly, “Oh! Dear friend, what did the bear whisper to your ear?” In reply, the friend said, “The bear advised me not to trust a friend who leaves his friend alone in the time of danger.”