Once upon a time, in a big green forest, two friends were going on an adventure. They were walking, talking, and laughing together. The first friend said, “Let’s be careful, there are wild animals in this forest.” The second friend agreed, “Yes, we should stick together!”
As they walked, something surprising happened. A big bear appeared on the path! It went “Grrrr!” The first friend got scared and ran away to hide in a tree. He climbed up high and thought, “I’m safe here. The bear can’t climb.”
The second friend was left alone. He looked around for his friend but couldn’t find him. Feeling scared, he thought, “If I lie down and stay very still, maybe the bear won’t see me.” So, he lay down on the ground, closed his eyes, and stayed as still as a log.
From the tree, the first friend watched everything. He thought, “Oh no, my friend is on the ground. But I am safe up here.”
The bear walked up to the second friend. It sniffed around him and then said, “I have a secret for you.” The bear whispered something in his ear and then walked away into the forest.
After a while, the first friend climbed down from the tree. He ran to his friend on the ground and said, “It’s okay, you can get up now. The bear is gone.”
As they continued their walk, the first friend said, “We were lucky to get away from that bear!” The second friend nodded and said, “Yes, but the bear told me a secret.”
“What did it say?” asked the first friend.
The second friend replied, “The bear said, ‘It’s important to have friends who stay with you, even when things get scary.’”
And so, the two friends learned that the best friends are those who stick together, no matter what.
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