Once there was a rich farmer had five grown-up sons. As he was getting old, he wanted them to help him in his work. But the sons were always quarreling among themselves over who would do what to help the old father in his work.
As the old farmer lay dying, he called all his sons at his bedside. When they had collected, he asked them to take a bundle of sticks from under his bed. He untied the bundle and asked them to break the sticks one by one. This was an easy work to do. The sons picked up the sticks one by one and broke them into pieces. They were happy and pleased with themselves.
The old farmer then asked them to take out another bundle of sticks from under his bed and asked them to break it. The sons tried by turns. But they couldn’t break the bundle. At last, they gave up and looked at their father.
The old farmer explained to them how it was easy to break the individual sticks but very difficult to break the bundle as a whole. If they went their separate ways after his death, it would be easier to defeat them one by one. But if they stayed together as one single unit and worked together, they would be able to overcome all opposition.
In this way, he taught them the value of staying together and the lesson: Union is Strength.
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