2011-11-10 08:49:21
束ねられた棒 (Aesop's Fables)
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The Bundle of Sticks
A farmer, whose sons were always quarreling with one another, had tried a long time in vain to/無駄だった reconcile/和解させる them with words. Finally, he decided that he might have more success by setting some sort of an example. So, he called his sons to him and told them to place a bundle of sticks in front of him. Then, after tying them tightly into a bundle, he told them, one after the other, to pick up the bundle of sticks and break it. They all tried, but nothing came of their efforts/努力したが駄目だった. Then, the father untied the bundle and gave them the sticks to break one by one, which they did with great ease.
"So it is with you, my sons," said the farmer. "As long as you remain united, you're a match/対抗できる for all your enemies. But if you are divided among yourselves, you'll be broken as easily as these sticks."
In unity there is strengh.
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A farmer, whose sons were always quarreling with one another, had tried a long time in vain to/無駄だった reconcile/和解させる them with words. Finally, he decided that he might have more success by setting some sort of an example. So, he called his sons to him and told them to place a bundle of sticks in front of him. Then, after tying them tightly into a bundle, he told them, one after the other, to pick up the bundle of sticks and break it. They all tried, but nothing came of their efforts/努力したが駄目だった. Then, the father untied the bundle and gave them the sticks to break one by one, which they did with great ease.
"So it is with you, my sons," said the farmer. "As long as you remain united, you're a match/対抗できる for all your enemies. But if you are divided among yourselves, you'll be broken as easily as these sticks."
In unity there is strengh.
www.sakuragijuku.com
http://ameblo.jp/baron2009/
