The old farmer and his son's story

The old farmer and his son's / A farmer and his three son's

A farmer had three sons.His son's were not in good terms with one another. They often quarrelled among themselves. So, the old farmer was unhappy with them. The old farmer wanted to teach them a good lesson. So, he hit upon a plan.He called all his son's and asked them to bring some sticks. According to their father's order, the son's collected some sticks and took them to him. The farmer told the son's to tie the sticks in a bundle.  Then the farmer asked each of his son's to break the bundle.Each of them tried to break the bundle but failed. This time the old farmer asked them to untie the bundle. The son's did it at once.Then he gaves a stick to each of his son's. He again asked them to break the sticks.The sons could break their sticks easily.
Then the farmer told his sons that if they remain united like the bundle of sticks,nobody can harm them. He also warned them if they quarreled again and remained separate,enemies would break down them like the single sticks.He taught his sons the importance of unity. The sons realized and promised to remain united.

Moral: Unity is strength.