Three Son and The Stick
Three Son and The Stick
Three Son and The Stick
The three
sons were hard workers. Still, they quarrelled all the time. The old man tried
a lot to unite them but he failed.
Months passed by and the old man fell sick. He told his sons to stay united,
but they didn’t listen to him. So, he decided to teach them a practical lesson
so that they would forget their differences and stay united.
The old man called his sons. He told them, “I will give you a bundle of sticks. Separate each stick and you will have to break
each stick into two. The one who breaks the sticks quickly will be rewarded more.”
The sons agreed.
The old man gave a bundle of 10 sticks to each of them and asked them to break each stick into pieces. They broke the sticks
into pieces in minutes.
And again they started to quarrel among themselves as to who came first.
The old man said, “Dear sons, the game is not over. Now I will give another bundle of sticks to each of you. You will have to
break the sticks as a bundle, not as separate sticks.”
The sons agreed and tried to break the bundle of sticks. Though they tried their best,
they could not break the bundle. They failed to complete the task.
The three sons reported their failure to their father.
The old man replied, “Dear sons, See! You could easily break the single sticks into
pieces, but you were not able to break the bundle! So, if you stay united, nobody
can do any harm to you. If you quarrel every time with your brothers, anyone can
easily defeat you. I request you to stay united.”
The three sons understood the power of unity and promised their father that whatever be the situation, they would all
stay together.
Language level
Stimulates HOTS
- Contain implicit meanings / life’s philosophy
Meet with students needs and abilities
- Appropriate text length
-About siblings’ bond
-Teacher can get responses from students
-Students can engage well
Visual Features
Contain only two pictures of the story
-May not interesting
• Read a sentence aloud and have one child from each team write the
sentence on the board including the correct punctuation.
• The team who writes it correctly first earns a point. The team with
the most points wins.