Note:This reading is one of Aesop's tables. Aesop was an African slave. He went to Greece around the year 600 B.C. (before Christ) and wrote 350 stories for adults that teach a lesson about life.
A certain man han had several sons who were always quarreling with eachother. However hard he tried, he could not get them to live together in peace. So he determined to convince them of sticks and. Then he undid the bundle, and gave them the stick one by one. They had no difficuty breaking them. "There, my boys," he said. "United you will have power. But if you quarrel and sepaeate, you will be weak.