Two friends are walking in the forest. One is thin and tall, and very bad too. The other is fat and short, and very honest .The tall man says to the short man,“we are good friends. If any beast comes at all , I’ll help you.”The short man says,“Of course, we are good friends. We will help each other.”

　　At that time, a bear comes to them. It almost comes close very near. The tall man climbs up the tree quickly to conceal himself in the branches and forgot his promise to the short man. But the fat man can’t climb the tree. He says to his friends,“Help me! Help me! I can’t climb up. Look! The bear is coming!”The tall man says:“No! No! No! You can’t stay with me. The tree is not strong.” The bear is coming. The short man lies down below the tree, posing as dead and holds his breath. The bear smells around his body. It doesn’t touch the death.

　　After the bear went away without harming the short man, the tall man comes down and asks the fat man,“What did the bear whisper into your ears when it closed to you?”The short man answers：“The bear told me not to trust such selfish friend like you very much. And also said that a friend in need is really a friend indeed.”

　　翻譯：

　　患難朋友才是真正朋友 兩個朋友走在樹林里，一個又瘦又高，而且非常壞。另一個又胖又矮，但他很忠誠老實。高的男人對矮的男人說：“我們是好朋友，如果有野獸來襲擊我們，我會幫助你的！”那個矮的男人說：“那當然，我們是好朋友，我們會互相幫助。”

　　就在這時候，一只兇狠的熊向他們走來。它越來越靠近。高的男人迅速地爬上了一棵樹，他隱蔽在樹葉里，他忘記了他對胖的男人的承諾。但是矮的男人不會爬樹，他對他的朋友說“救我！救我！我不會爬樹。看，熊來了！”高的男人說“不！不！不！你不能和我在一起，樹不強壯！”

　　熊來了，矮的男人撲倒地上，屏住呼吸，假裝死了。那熊聞了聞他，它不吃死的東西。

　　熊走了之后，高的男人下來對矮的男人說：“剛才熊對你說什么？”矮的男人說：“熊對我說，不要相信自私自利的人，就像你那樣。還告訴我，患難朋友才是真正朋友。”