Once upon a time, there was an old farmer. He had three sons. They used to
quarrel with one another. One day the farmer called his sons to bring some
sticks & tied them in a bundle. Then he first gave the bundle to his eldest
son to break it. He tried but couldn’t break it. The three sons tried one after
another. But none could break it. Then their father asked them to untie the
bundle & told each of his sons to take one stick. Each of the sons took one
stick. Their father asked them to break the sticks. Now they broke them easily.
Then the farmer told his sons, “If you live together, nobody can harm you &
if you are separate, anybody can harm you.”
