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Aesop's Fable:
The Bear and the Travelers
Print, read and discuss the fable. The fable will print in the top half of the paper. Prints well in portrait and landscape mode. Have children draw and color a bear or an illustration of the fable under the text. View in projectable and printable PDF format.
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The Bear and the Travelers
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."
Misfortune is the test of true friendship.
