一把筷子
从前,有几兄弟,常常吵架.
一天,父亲把他们叫到跟前,拿出一把筷子,说：“你们谁能把这把筷子折断?”
几兄弟都折了折,谁也折不断.
父亲把这把筷子拆散了,分给每人一根,叫他们再折,这次,他们一折就断了.
父亲说：“你们看,一把筷子多结实,折不断.一根筷子很容易就折断了.以后,你们不要吵了,团结起来才会有力量.”
The Bundle Of Sticks(一把筷子)
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发表日期：2005年10月29日 出处：伊索寓言,绍南文化 作者：伊索(Aesop)
The Bundle Of Sticks
By Aesop
A certain man had several sons who were always quarreling with one another,and,try as he might,he could not get them to live together in harmony.So he determined to convince them of their folly by the following means.Bidding them fetch a bundle of sticks,he invited each in turn to break it across his knee.All tried and all failed; and then he undid the bundle,and handed them the sticks one by one ,when they had no difficulty at all in breaking them.” there,my boys,” said he,“united you will be more than a match for your enemies,but if you quarrel and separate,your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.”
Union is strength.
一把筷子
译文：
一根筷子易折,一把筷子不易断.这篇寓言告诉我人分裂导致失败,团结才能力量的道理.
从前有一个人,有好几个儿子,他们经常发生争吵,这个人费了很大的劲,也无法让他的儿子们和和气气地生活在一起.于是,他想出了一个办法,可以让他们明白自己的愚蠢.
他让他们拿来了一把筷子,然后一个个地要他们把它顶着膝盖折断.每个儿子都试了试,最后都无法折断.然后,他解开了捆着筷子的绳子,把筷子一根根递给儿子们,他们毫不费力就把筷子一根根折断了.”“你们明白了吗,孩子们?”他说：“如果你们团结在一起,没有人可以是你们的对手,但如果你们一天到晚争吵--不休,四分五裂,你们就会变得很虚弱,谁都可以打败你们.”
团结就是力量.
