Children's Story about Friendship

Children's story about friendship: The bear and the bees

Once upon a time, in a Forest distant and leafy, a bear that lived in an underground cave, from which he only came out to eat. His life was lonely and lazy, he went where he wanted and ate what he wanted, but nothing excited him too much. He was, deep down, a slightly sad bear.

One of those days, when leaving his cave starving, the bear noticed that in a nearby tree there was an object that he had never seen before. It was a honeycomb, round like a ball, buzzing with so many insects inside. The bear approached and spent a long time sniffing the honeycomb, not quite sure what it was about. And then the bees came out, because they knew that bears, in general, tend to like honey.

- Hey, bear! —Said, in unison, the hundreds of bees that, when they agreed, could join their voices and speak as one person— Why are you sniffing our honeycomb? Is it that you want to steal the honey that costs us so much work?

The bear, who had never seen bees like these before, was perplexed.

-Who are you? What is that honey you are talking about? - He asked them.

- You're not fooling us, bear. They replied. "This is not the first honeycomb that we built with much effort and sacrifice, and we are not going to let just anyone come to destroy it."

- Do you live in there? Why would anyone want to break into your home? The bear insisted, sniffing the round hive again.

- To steal our honey, of course.

- And what is it for? The bear wanted to know.

- Don't you know what honey is for? The bees laughed. "We have never seen such a silly bear!"

The bear did not like that those tiny insects were laughing at him, which was a animal big and strong.

- What rude bees! He roared. "For that alone I should destroy their hive!"

The bees immediately stopped laughing, and showed their stingers to the bear.

"If you break our hive, we are going to bite you all," they warned him.

But it was too late. With one blow with its claws, the bear shook the hive and made a large gash through which the honey began to flow. The honeycomb fell to the ground and was completely ruined. The bear, in a reflex, raised its claws to its mouth and savored that delicacy that only bees were capable of creating.

- We knew it! The bees accused him. "You have come to eat our honey!" Now you are going to pay for what you did!

And without saying another word, they stung and stung the bear until it made it run away.

The bear spent the rest of the day hiding in a different corner of the forest, waiting for the pain from the bites to subside, but unable to forget the delicious taste of honey. He did not understand how little animals like bees could create something so delicious and at the same time sting so painfully. Finally it got dark and the bear wanted to go back to his cave, but when he tried he realized that the bees had gotten into his cave and were trying to make a new honeycomb.

- Stop there, bear! They said to him, "Or we'll bite you again like you deserve it."

- I have not come to fight with you, bees, but to sleep in my cave. Go back to your honeycomb and let's pretend nothing had happened— proposed the bear.

- We can't go back to the honeycomb, bear, because you ruined it with your claws. Do you know how long it took us to build it?

- No, I do not know. Said the bear, who, despite everything, was a sincere bear. "But I know that if I lost my cave it would make me very sad."

"That's nothing," the bees explained, "because you've got that cave, we, on the other hand, have to make our house with our own hands." This is the third honeycomb we have had to make.

- And what happened to the previous ones? Asked the bear.

- Humans destroyed them.

- Ah, the humans! roared the bear, who didn't like humans at all. "They used to come here before, but when they hear my roar they run away terrified." They have not come for a long time.

- Lucky, bear. We don't know how to roar, we only know how to sting. But they have special suits that prevent us from biting them, and fire to make smoke and force us out of the honeycomb.

The bear thought for a moment and finally had an idea.

- Listen, bees, how about we share the cave?

- Shall we share it? The bees looked at each other, puzzled.

- I will take care of the cave so that humans do not enter and you will be able to live quietly inside. So you can forgive me for the honeycomb I broke for you.

- Would you really do that for us?

- Clear!

The bees began to buzz with joy. They were generous bees, distrustful as they were.

- Bear, if you share your cave with us, we will share our honey with you. We are so sorry we bit you and also laughed at you in the first place.

Although they couldn't hug or shake hands, the bees and the bear made peace. Since then they have shared the cave and the honey, and learned to value the good that each had to offer. And if that wasn't enough, the bear never felt so lonely again.

References:

• "Narration" in Wikipedia.
• "Friendship" in Wikipedia.

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