A Farmer and His Sons

An old farmer was very ill. He was not happy, because his sons were always quarrelling.

He decided to teach them a lesson before he died. He said to one of his sons, “Try to break this bundle of sticks.” His son could not break the bundle. He asked all his other sons to do it, but they could not break the bundle.

“Now untie it and try to break one of the sticks.” All the sons could do it easily. “You see now,” smiled the old farmer, “that you must stop quarrelling and help each other. Separated you are weak like the stick, united you will always be strong.”

1. The young farmer was very ill.

2. He was happy, because his sons were not quarrelling.

3. He decided to teach them a lesson.

4. He gave his son a bundle of sticks to break.

5. His son broke the bundle.

6. The other sons broke the bundle.

7. All the sons could break separate sticks easily.

8. Separated people are weak like the stick, united people are strong.

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