- Who was there in a village? A farmer.
- How many sons did he have? four
- How many acres of land did he have? 10 acres.
- How was he? A rich man.
- why was he a rich man? Because he alone worked very hard in his field.
- What did he do to grow rich?
- He did all the things at the right time in the right sense. What was the result? He got good yield and sold for profit.
- What happened then? He became very old and could not work so hard.
- How were his children? They had all the comforts and had good lives.
- Why was the farmer very unhappy? Because his sons quarrelled and fought among themselves even for petty things.
- What happened one day? the farmer became very sick and was lying on his death bed.
- What did he do? He called his sons.
- What did he ask them to do? to bring a bundle of sticks.
- what did he tell each one of them to do? to break the complete bundle into two.
- Did the sons try to do that? Did they succeed in doing that? No
- Then What did he tell them? to untie the bundle and take each one one stick and break.
- Did they succeed? yes.
- What lesson did he teach them? united they will win and divided they will fall and suffer.
- What happened after the farmer’s death? the sons were happy to be together and enjoyed their lives.