The Friends and the Bear (Aesop's Childhood Adventures)
The Friends and the Bear (Aesop's Childhood Adventures) Aesop the raccoon needed to find out the answer that his grandmother knew he could find out. He set out for the woods and came upon a tall and a short boy playing.
He had climbed up into a tree and when the bear growled the tall boy was able to reach the tree and climb up. He yelled at the shorter boy to lie dead and the bear did go away.
He learns about friendship in this story and there are many more from the author.