TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR Tom and David were close friends. They set out on a journey. Their way lay through a forest. They always boasted of their friendship. The forest was full of wild animals. They saw a bear coming toward them. On seeing the bear David climbed up a tree. Tom didn't know what to do. He fell on the ground like a dead man, holding his breath. He had learned bears didn't harm the dead. The bear came up to Tom and smelt his body. He took him for a dead man and went away. When the bear was out of sight David came down and asked his friend what the bear had whispered in his ear. Tom replied that the bear had warned him not to trust a false friend. David felt ashamed and they resumed their journey.
