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The Bear and the Travelers
a fable by Aesop
there
... were ... travelers
... road ... together
.... bear
appeared ... near
... before ... ran
... tree ... branches
other ... threw
... ground ... pretended
... around
perfectly ... breath
... corpse ... clear
.. whispered ... ear
replied ... never
... travel ... friend
... deserts ...
danger
One day there were two travelers walking down the road together, when, suddenly, a bear appeared near the road. Before the bear could see them, one traveler ran to a tree and climbed up into the branches and hid there. The other traveler wasn't as quick and couldn't escape, so he threw himself on the ground and pretended to be dead.
The bear came up and sniffed all around him, but the traveler kept perfectly still and held his breath. They say that a bear won't touch a dead body. The bear thought the traveler was a corpse, and went away.