那些給我智慧和勇氣的寓言故事87：一捆樹枝
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87 a bundle of sticks 一捆樹枝
a man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another.
從前有一個人，他有四個兒子，但兒子們不斷地爭吵。
he was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him.
他一再告誡他們說，如果他們一起干活兒，生活會舒適得多，但他們絲毫不理會他的意見。
one day he decided to show them what he meant.
有一天，他決定通過示范把自己的意思告訴他們。
he called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.
他把四個兒子都叫來，又把一捆扎得很緊的樹枝放在他們面前。
"can you break that?" he asked the youngest son. the boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood.
“你能折斷這個嗎？h他問最小的兒子。小兒子用膝蓋頂住，兩只手又壓又拉，都不能把那捆樹枝弄彎。
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