There is Strength in Numbers

Once upon a time, there was a rich business man. He had three sons. All of his three sons were greedy and lazy. The sons knew that their father was a wealthy person, but they had forgotten that how much hard work their father had done. They were fighting with each other for money and the assets. The father was very worried about his kids. He knew that if his kids will be fought like this with each other, then his competitors would take advantage of this in the business. So he was thinking about how to make his sons realize that they must always work together. Finally one day, he got idea of how to make his sons realize the important of unity. He called his kids in his room one day. He gave each son a wooden stick to break with their hands. All three of his sons broke the wooden stick. Now, the business man gave each son 2 wooden sticks to each son and told them to break them. All three sons tried and they finally broke the sticks this time but it was little bit harder than the first time. Now, the business gave each son 5 wooden sticks together to each son and told them to break all of them. All three sons tried to break the 5 wooden sticks but this time none of them succeed. They looked each other and tried again and again but they couldn’t. Finally, the business man told them, “see when I gave a single wooden stick, you would broke it easily. But when we added one by one more sticks the task became harder for you. And finally all reached a stage where couldn’t break the sticks. I want all three sons to be together like sticks, so nobody can break them and beat them in business. The three sons realized that their dad was right, and they never fought with each other, and all three sons became successful business men, like their father.
“Moral of the story is “unity can’t be broken” and “there is always strength in