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. He thought that after his death the sons would continue their quarrel and bring about their ruin. As a father, he was not ready to the bad effect of quarreling among themselves during his life time. He invited all of his sons one day. He asked them to bring five sticks. When they had brought the sticks he tied them together and made a bundle. Then he gave the bundle of sticks to each of them separately and asked them to break it. Everyone tried to break the bundle but could not. Then the old man untied the bundle and gave a single stick to each one of them to break it. This time they broke the single piece of stick easily. Finally, the father asked them what lesson they had got from that example. The sons replied that it they remained divided and quarreled with one another, they would be weaker and enemies could easily win over them. Since then, the sons stopped quarrelling and started working together and living in unity and amity.
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