The Bear and the Two Travelers
Two men were walking in the forest when a Bear appeared. One man quickly climbed a tree. The other lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
The Bear sniffed him and left.
The man in the tree came down and asked, “What did the Bear whisper?”
“He told me not to travel with friends who abandon you in danger.”
Moral: True friends stick with you in hard times.