Once
there was an old farmer in a certain village. He had four sons. They were very
fond of quarrelling and used to quarrel among themselves all the time. So, there
was no peace in the house and this made the old man extremely anxious. One day the
farmer told his sons to bring some sticks and tie them in a bundle. He told
them to break the bundle. They tried but could not break the bundle.
Each
of them told his father that it was quite impossible to break it because the
bundle was very strong. The farmer was an intelligent and experienced man. He
said to them, “All right. Now I’ll do one thing for you and you’ll please do
it.” The sons readily agreed to do that.
Then
he untied the bundle. He then gave one stick to each of them and asked them to
break it. This time, each Son could easily break each stick.
The
sons got curious to know the reason of those activities. They all said to the
father, “Why have you made us do these jobs, dear father? What good will come
of it?”
Then
the wise father told the Sons, “Wait a bit, dear Sons. I’m making it clear to
you.” Now the father drew their attention to the tied bundle and the separate
sticks. He explained to them that when the sticks were tied in a bundle, it was
impossible for them to break the sticks. But when the sticks were made separate
from one another, it was very easy to break them.
He
asked them to take a good lesson from it. The old farmer could successfully
make them understand that if they (the sons) remained united, they would remain
as strong as the bundle of sticks. But if they remained separate from one
another like the untied sticks, they would be as weak as a separate stick. He
also told them that if they remained united, nobody would be able to do any
harm to them. So he strongly advised them to always remain united and not to
quarrel among themselves anymore in future.
The
sons could realize everything and they promised not to quarrel or do any evil
among themselves. Thus, the old farmer could effectively teach his sons the
valuable proverb, “United we stand, divided we fall.”
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