Chapter 2:
Two Friends and a Bear
Textbook Question Answers
(a) Who went for a walk in the forest?
Answer: Two friends went for a walk in the forest.
(b) What did they see coming out of the trees?
Answer: They saw a bear coming out of the trees.
(c) What did one of the friends do?
Answer: One friend climbed up a tree to save himself.
(d) What did the other friend do?
Answer: The other friend lay on the ground and pretended to be dead.
(e) What did the bear do?
Answer: The bear came near the man on the ground, sniffed him, and walked away.
Additional Question Answers
(1) Why did the bear leave the man lying on the ground?
Answer: The bear thought the man was dead and did not harm him.
(2) What did the bear whisper in the man’s ear?
Answer: The bear whispered, “Never trust a friend who leaves you in trouble.”
(3) Did both friends help each other?
Answer: No, one friend left the other in danger and climbed a tree.
(4) What is the lesson or moral of the story?
Answer: The moral of the story is: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
(5) What kind of friend should we have?
Answer: We should have friends who stay with us and help us in times of need.
