Two Travellers And A Bear | English Moral Stories For Children

One day,two men were travelling in company

through a forest.

Suddenly, a huge Bear

crashed out of the bush near them.

One of the men,

thinking of his own safety,

climbed the tree nearby!

He didn’t even try to help his friend

who stood on the ground!

The other, unable to fight the savage beast alone,

threw himself on the ground and lay still,

as if he were dead.

He had heard that a Bear will not touch a dead body.

It must have been true,

for the Bear sniffed at the man's head awhile,

and then, seeming to be satisfied that he was dead,

walked away.

The Man in the tree climbed down.

"It looked just as if that Bear

whispered in your ear," he said.

"What did he tell you?"

"He said," answered the other,

"that it was not at all wise

to keep company with a fellow

who would desert his friend in a moment of danger."

Remember this

that “Misfortune is the test of true friendship.”