TWO FRIENDS AND THE BEAR

TWO FRIENDS AND THE BEAR

Once there were two close friends. One day they were passing through the forest. The forest was full of wild animals. The two friends promised to help each other in danger.

They had not gone far. All on a sudden they saw a bear. It was coming towards them. They got afraid. One of them knew how to climb a tree. He forgot his friend. So, he left his friend also. He tried to save his own life. He climbed up a nearby tall tree.

The other friend was in danger. He saw the work of his friend. He did not know how to climb up a  tree. He remembered Allah again and again. He did not get nervous. He had firm faith in Allah. He heard that bears do not touch a dead man.

He lay on the ground like a dead man. The bear come up to him. It smell his body. The bear thought him to be dead. So, it did not touch his body. The bear then went away.

The other friend on the tree saw everything . Now he came down from the tree. He went to his friend and said, “what did the bear say to you? He advised me not to believe a false friend. A false friend leaves his friend in danger.

Moral: A friend in need is a friend in deed.