1. Once there were two good friends named Ron and John who decided to travel and see the world together. One day they decided to go to the forest. The forest was so dense that they knew anything dangerous could happen to them at any time. So they promised each other that they would remain united in any case of danger.
2. Suddenly they heard a loud growling sound and they saw a large bear approaching them. They got very scared. Ron quickly ran at once and climbed a nearby tree, leaving John behind. John did not know how to climb the tree. He asked Ron, “Can you helpme climb the tree? The bear will eat me up. Help me, please!”
3. “I cannot come down. The bear is approaching and there's no place up here. Go and find a placefor yourself to hide.” Ron did not help John but John was a smart boy. In school he had heard a teacher saying that the bear doesn't eat dead creatures. Now led by his common sense, he lay down flat on the ground, breathless, pretending to be a dead man.
4. The bear came near the man lying on the ground. It smelt in his ears and slowly left the place, because bears do not touch dead creatures. After the bear went away, the friend on the tree came down and asked his friend John, “What did the bear whisper into your ear?” “The bear advised me not to believe a false friend who leaves you in time of danger.”
从前有两个好朋友,分别叫罗恩和约翰,他们决定一起去旅行,看看世界。有一天,他们决定到森林里去。森林非常茂密,他们知道任何危险的事情都可能随时发生在他们身上。于是他们互相承诺,在任何危险的情况下,他们都会团结一致。
突然,他们听到了巨大的咆哮声,他们看到一只大熊向他们走来。他们非常害怕。罗恩迅速跑开,爬上了附近的一棵树,把约翰落在身后。约翰不知道如何爬树。他问罗恩:“你能帮我爬树吗?熊会把我吃掉的。请帮帮我吧!”
“我不能下来。熊正在靠近,这上面没有地方了。你自己去找个地方躲起来吧。”罗恩没有帮助约翰,但约翰是个聪明的孩子。在学校里,他曾听老师说过,熊是不会吃死去的生物的。凭借自己的常识,他平躺在地上,屏息装作一个死人。
熊来到躺在地上的这个人身边。它在他的耳朵里闻了闻,慢慢地离开了这个地方,因为熊是不会碰死亡了的生物的。熊走后,树上的朋友下来问他的朋友约翰:“熊对你说了什么?”“熊劝我不要相信在危险的时候离开你的不可靠的朋友。”