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<h2>THE BEAR AND THE TRAVELLERS</h2>
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<p>Two Travellers were on the road together, when a Bear suddenly
appeared on the scene. Before he observed them, one made for a tree
at the side of the road, and climbed up into the branches and hid
there. The other was not so nimble as his companion; and, as he
could not escape, he threw himself on the ground and pretended to
be dead. The Bear came up and sniffed all round him, but he kept
perfectly still and held his breath: for they say that a bear will
not touch a dead body. The Bear took him for a corpse, and went
away. When the coast was clear, the Traveller in the tree came
down, and asked the other what it was the Bear had whispered to him
when he put his mouth to his ear. The other replied, "He told me
never again to travel with a friend who deserts you at the first
sign of danger."</p>
<p class="adage">Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.</p>
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