A Bundle of Sticks

Once  upon  a  time,  three  neighbors  living  in  a  village  were  having  trouble  with  their  crops.  Each  of  the  neighbors  had  one  field,  but  the  crops  on  their  fields  were  infested  with  pests  and  were  wilting.  Every  day  they  would  come  up  with  different  ideas  to  help  their  crops.  The  first  one  tried  using  a  scarecrow  in  his  field.  The  second  used  pesticides,  and  the  third  built  a  fence  on  his  field,  all  to  no  avail.

One  day  the  village  head  came  by  and  called  the  three  farmers.  He  gave  them  each  a  stick  and  asked  them  to  break  it.  The  farmers  could  break  them  easily.  He  then  gave  them  a  bundle  of  three  sticks  and  again  asked  them  to  break  it.  This  time  the  farmers  struggled  to  break  the  sticks.

The  village  head  said  together  you  are  stronger  and  work  better  than  you  do  it  alone.  The  farmers  understood  what  the  village  head  was  saying.  They  pooled  in  their  resources  and  got  rid  of  the  pests  from  their  fields.