This story of two friends with the moral “A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed” is included in 1st year English. Here you will find complete notes of 11th class English. To download complete notes click on the link given at the end of this page. This story gives us a message that we should avoid a selfish friend and a fair-weather friend.
A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed | English Moral Story
Once, two friends went on a journey. One was tall and the other was short. They promised to help each other in the hour of need. While passing through a jungle, they saw a bear coming towards them at a distance. The tall friend climbed up a tree. He did not show any care for his friend. The friend felt quite helpless. He could nothing to come out of this trouble. Suddenly, the saying of a wise person echoed in his ears, “A bear does not touch the dead person”. He at once lay down and pretended to be dead. When the bear came near him, he held his breath. The bear sniffed at him, took him for a dead person, and went away. Soon the bear was out of sight. The tall friend climbed down the tree and came to the other friend. He asked him jokingly what the bear had said in his ear. The other friend was angry and said that it had advised him not to trust the selfish friends. Saying this, he said goodbye to his selfish friend and went his way alone.
Moral
- Never trust selfish friends.
- Avoid fair weather friends
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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