lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks
parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one
after one, to pick up the bundle and break it.
They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them
the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease.
Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united,
you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are
undone.
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