
The Bundle of Sticks | Aesop Fables
The Bundle of Sticks | Aesop Fables Once upon a time, a farmer had four sons. All four of them did not get along, and they always used to fight. After a few years, the farmer became very old, and when he started feeling that he would not survive, he started worrying about his four boys; he started thinking about what would happen to them after his death and how they would live as a family. The next day, the farmer thought of teaching his four boys a lesson. He called his four boys and said, “Now, I will not survive for long; all of you should come with some wood from the forest.” After some time, all four boys carry wood. The farmer gives a piece of wood to his eldest boy and tells him to break this wood. The elder boy breaks the wood easily. The farmer now