There lived a couple of farmer. They had five sons. They were young, strong and hardworking. But yet there was no peace in the family because they always quarrelled with one another. Sometimes, they even fought. The farmer wanted his sons to stop quarrelling and fighting. He wanted them to live in peace. Plain words of advice or rebuke did not have much effect on these young people.
The old farmer always thought what to do to keep his children united. One day he found an answer to his problem. So he called all his sons together. He showed them a bundle of sticks and said, "Sons, I want any of you to break these sticks without separating them from the bundle."