| A farmer had several sons who always argued with each other. 有个农夫有几个儿子，他们彼此总是争论不休。 The farmer tried many times to get the boys to cooperate, but they would not. 农夫试了好多次让孩子们合作，但他们总是不愿意。 One day the farmer decided to teach them a lesson. 一天农夫决定教训儿子们一顿。 He put a bundle of sticks in front of the brothers. "I want each of you to try and break this." 他在儿子面前放了一捆筷子。"我要你们每个人都试着去折断这捆筷子"。 One by one, the brothers tried to break the bundle, and each failed. 这几兄弟一个接一个地去折这捆筷子，但都失败了。 Then, the father untied the bundle and gave them the sticks to break one by one. 接着父亲解开那捆筷子，让他们一支一支地去折断。 The brothers broke them easily. "Learn from this example," he father said. "Together you are as strong as the bundle. Divided, you are as weak as the sticks." 兄弟们很容易就把筷子全折断了。"要从这个例子中吸取教训，"父亲说，"如果你们团结一致，就会像这捆筷子一样坚固。分开了，你们就像一根根筷子一样脆弱"。 |
