Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more than once :

fears	converse	desert	a	come
around	prosper	of	means	term

Man is a social being. He lives in a society. So he is in need (a) ____ friends with whom he can mix and (b) _____ freely, exchanging thoughts and ideas, hopes and (c) _____. But everybody with whom we mix is not (d) ______ friend in the true sense of the (e) _____. Some gather (f) ______ us only in our (g) _____ for their self-interest. But wherever we are in trouble or difficulty, they (h) ______ us altogether. They are false friends and should be avoided by all (i) ______. The test of real friends (j) ______ only in misfortune.