То WE OV s stories in an old collection of fable "My father told me the story of the farmer and his sons. He said it teaches us to cooperate with each other," said Usha. "That is right," said Mrs Mahadevan. "To cooperate means to work together. We can do things a lot better when we work together and help each other. Can you think of things that you can do together?" "We already do," said Roshan. "We take turns at cleaning the blackboard and turning off the lights and fans after class." "Yes, and you have made these charts and posters for the classroom too. Do you cooperate similarly at home?" "My brother and I take our dog for walks and clean his bowl," said Farah. "We also get milk from the milk booth every morning." "My sister and I help to keep our house clean. We also help our mother water the plants,” said Sunil. "That's very nice children," said Mrs Mahadevan. "Why don't all of you write down the ways in which you help others or work with others? Also, make a separate list of the ways in which others help you." कामगार
Answers
The Bundle of Sticks
A certain Father had a family of Sons, who were forever quarreling among themselves. No words he could say did the least good, so he cast about in his mind for some very striking example that should make them see that discord would lead them to misfortune.
One day when the quarreling had been much more violent than usual and each of the Sons was moping in a surly manner, he asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks. Then handing the bundle to each of his Sons in turn he told them to try to break it. But although each one tried his best, none was able to do so.
The Father then untied the bundle and gave the sticks to his Sons to break one by one. This they did very easily.
"My Sons," said the Father, "do you not see how certain it is that if you agree with each other and help each other, it will be impossible for your enemies to injure you? But if you are divided among yourselves, you will be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle."