a TEST OF FRIENDSHIp

Two Men were
traveling in company
through a forest, when,
all at once, a huge Bear
crashed out of the
brush near them.
One of the Men,
thinking of his own
safety, climbed a tree.
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 snuffed 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."
Moral Lesson :
"Misfortune is the test
of true friendship."