Story | Unity Is Strength | For Class 9-12

There was an old farmer.He had four sons.They were all grown up.But they had no good relation with one another.They were disobedient and always quarrelled among themselves.The old man was very much dissatisfied with them and tried to make them united.But they didn't pay any heed to him  As he was getting old and weak day by day,he became very anxious about their future.At last he made a plan to teach his sons how to live in unity.To materialize his plan,one day he called his sons together and said,"I have called you to give my last advice.I will not live long.But I feel very unhappy to see you quarrel among yourselves." He told his eldest son to bring some sticks.The son brought some sticks.The old man asked him to bind the sticks together.He bound them into a bundle.Then the old man ordered him to break the bundle,He tried but couldn't break it.The old man told all of his sons to break the bundle and they tried one by one.They tried their best.But none of them was successful.Then the old man asked the sons to untie the bundle.When they did it,he asked them to break the sticks separately..They broke the sticks one by one very easily.The old man raised his head and said,"My sons!Take a lesson from it.You could not break the bundle of sticks when they were bound together.But it was not hard for you to break them separately.If you remain united like the sticks and do not quarrel,nobody can harm you.On the other hand,if you quarrel among yourselves, you will lose strength and your enemies will easily do you harm.So live in peace."The sons got the point and promised to follow their father's advice.At this,the fatherbecame very happy and prayed to Allah for their success.