患难见真情的英语故事

　　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.”

　　翻译：

　　患难朋友才是真正朋友 两个朋友走在树林里，一个又瘦又高，而且非常坏。另一个又胖又矮，但他很忠诚老实。高的男人对矮的男人说：“我们是好朋友，如果有野兽来袭击我们，我会帮助你的！”那个矮的男人说：“那当然，我们是好朋友，我们会互相帮助。”

　　就在这时候，一只凶狠的熊向他们走来。它越来越靠近。高的男人迅速地爬上了一棵树，他隐蔽在树叶里，他忘记了他对胖的男人的承诺。但是矮的男人不会爬树，他对他的朋友说“救我！救我！我不会爬树。看，熊来了！”高的男人说“不！不！不！你不能和我在一起，树不强壮！”

　　熊来了，矮的男人扑倒地上，屏住呼吸，假装死了。那熊闻了闻他，它不吃死的东西。

　　熊走了之后，高的男人下来对矮的男人说：“刚才熊对你说什么？”矮的男人说：“熊对我说，不要相信自私自利的人，就像你那样。还告诉我，患难朋友才是真正朋友。”