75.Short Story: Union is Strength

A farmer had three sons …………the sons quarrelled among themselves………… father worried………… on death bed………… called his sons……….. gave them a bundle of stick………. thereby taught them ‘union is strength’ ………..Moral.

Ans:-                                       UNION IS STRENGTH

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer. He had three sons. The sons were quarrelsome. They picked up a quarrel on one account or the other. The father was fed up. He advised them not to quarrel and even remain in love and affection. But the boys did not mend their ways. They continued quarrelling. This vexed the father very much.

After a few months, the father fell ill. The doctors were called but to no effect. At last, the farmer saw his end was near. With a heavy heart, he called his sons. He told them that he was now leaving the world forever. But as the last word he wanted to see them united. He asked for a bundle of sticks. It was brought. The father said to his eldest son, ” Break this bundle of sticks.” The son got up. He tried his best. He applied his full strength, but he failed to break it. Now the farmer said to his second son, “You try to snap it”. He too tried but he did not succeed. It was not easy to break the tied-up bundle. His third and last son tried his hand, but he, too, could not pass the test.

Then the farmer ordered that the bundle should be untied. The bundle was loosened. He said to his youngest son, “Dear, you break these sticks”. He broke them very easily. The father advised them, “If you live united like the bundle of sticks; none can harm you. But if you are scattered like the untied bundle of sticks, everyone can harm you. Therefore, my advice to you is to live united and remain together.”

The sons learnt a lesson of unity from their dying father. They never quarrelled in their lives. They always lived in peace and affection.

Moral: United we stand, divided we fall.

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