An Old Man And His Sons

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An old man had three sons who were often quarrelling with one  another.
The father often advised them not to do so. But they paid little heed to him
 

One day, he called them all together and, producing a bundle of sticks,
asked each of them to try in turn to break the bundle into pieces.

Each one tried with all
his strength to do so, but none succeeded in his effort The father then united the bundle and told his sons to break the sticks separately This they did quite easily.
 Then turning to them he said, You see my sons,
what great advantage there is in keeping together If you all live united,
none will be able to hurt you; but if you are
quarrelsome and are not attached to one another, people can injure you