Reading fables are part of my childhood. When I was still a small kid, our teachers always tell us about a lot of stories, especially fables. Sometimes, they would let us read it aloud and like it. I really miss those old times. because of this, I decided to read some of those fables again until I came across something. A fable that caught my attention. The fable is simple but has very good message. I want to share it to you. It is about the two travelers and a bear.
TWO MEN were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on
their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and
concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he
must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came
up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held
his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he
could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch
a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler
descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend
what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. "He gave me this
advice," his companion replied. "Never travel with a friend who
deserts you at the approach of danger."
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.
Source: http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?sel&TheBearandtheTwoTravelers&&beartrav.ram
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