《The Bundle of Sticks一捆棍子》

An old farmer had two sons who fought with each other all the time. The old farmer often told them to stop fighting, but they never listened to him.

一个老农夫有两个儿子，他们一直在打架。老农夫经常叫他们不要打架，但他们不听他的话。

So one day, he asked his sons to bring him a bundle of sticks. “Can you break these sticks in half?” he asked his youngest son.

所以有一天，他让儿子们给他带一捆棍子。“你能把这些棍子分成两半吗？”他问最小的儿子。

“Of course,” said his youngest son. “Those sticks are thin. I can break them like straw!” 

“当然可以，”他最小的儿子说。“那些棍子很细。我可以像稻草一样折断他们！

He took the sticks from his father, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break them.

他从父亲那里接过棍子，但不管他怎样努力，他都不能把棍子折断。

“Of course he failed,” said the other son. “He is young and weak. I will succeed because I am oldest and the strongest.”

“他当然失败了，”另一个儿子说。“他又年轻又虚弱。我会成功的，因为我是最老最强壮的。

The oldest son then took the sticks, but he couldn’t break them, either.

大儿子拿了棍子，但也没能折断。

Then the father took out two sticks from the bundle and handed one to his sons. “Can you break them now？” he asked.

然后父亲从这一捆棍子里抽出两根棍子递给儿子们。“你现在能把它们折断吗？”他问道。

The farmer said to his sons, "you should unite as a stick and work together, you will not be conquered by the enemy, but you fight each other." It is easy to be beaten by the enemy. "

农夫说：“你们要像木棒一样团结一致，齐心协力，就不会被敌人征服，可你们相互争斗。就很容易被敌人打垮。”

      这个故事告诉我们，团结就是不可征服的力量,而相互斗争只能损害自己的力量，我们做事也不能光想着自己,应该团结合作,齐心协力.