Unity is Strength

 

 

Unity is Strength

A long time ago, there lived an old farmer in a village. He had three sons. The sons were always fighting with each other. They argued and quarreled over everything, from food to work. This made the old man very sad.

One day, the farmer became very ill. He knew he didn’t have much time left. He wanted to teach his sons an important lesson before he died.

He called them all to his bedside and gave them a bundle of sticks tied together.

“Try to break this bundle,” he said.

Each son tried hard but could not break the bundle. Then the father untied the sticks and gave them one by one.

“Now break them,” he said.

This time, each son easily broke the sticks.

The old man said, “Do you see? When the sticks were together, you couldn’t break them. But when they were separated, they broke easily. The same is true for you. If you are united, no one can harm you. But if you keep fighting, you will be weak and easily defeated.”

The sons understood the lesson. They promised their father to stay united and live in harmony.

Moral: Unity is strength.