Chapter 8:
The Bundle of Sticks
This chapter is a moral story about unity. It shows how people are stronger when they stay together and weaker when they are divided.
Textbook Question Answers
(a) How many sons did the old man have?
Answer: The old man had three sons.
(b) What did the old man ask his sons to do?
Answer: The old man asked his sons to break a bundle of sticks.
(c) Could the sons break the bundle of sticks?
Answer: No, the sons could not break the bundle of sticks together.
(d) What happened when the old man gave them the sticks one by one?
Answer: The sons could easily break the sticks one by one.
(e) What lesson did the sons learn?
Answer: The sons learned that unity is strength.
Additional Question Answers
(1) Why did the old man want to teach his sons a lesson?
Answer: Because his sons always fought with each other and did not live in peace.
(2) What did the bundle of sticks stand for?
Answer: The bundle of sticks stood for unity and strength.
(3) What is the moral of the story?
Answer: The moral of the story is: "United we stand, divided we fall."
(4) What do you learn from this story?
Answer: I learn that we should always live and work together in harmony.
(5) Write a similar example from your life or home.
Answer: My brother and I help each other in studies. When we work together, we learn better and faster.
