Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then
addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
“孩子们,往后你们就自己到森林里去打柴吧,我就留在家里了。”
两个儿子一起说:“爸爸,要是大车坏了,由谁来修呀?”
父亲对他们说:“孩了们,如果你们的大车坏了,或者还碰到了别的什么困难,你们都不用怕,‘需要’会帮助你们的!”
弟兄两个高高兴兴地进了森林,他们手脚很快,打的柴比任何一天都要多。他们把柴捆好,装上车,赶着大车就往回走。可是不巧,车子在半路上坏了。于是,弟兄两个赶紧下车,一起喊了起来:“‘需要’呀,你快来帮我们修车吧!”
他们喊了一遍又一遍,天快要黑了,他们的嗓子也喊干了,可是,“需要”还是没有来。弟弟满肚子不高兴,就说:“这个该死的‘需要’就是不来,哥哥,我们还是自己动手修吧!”
哥哥说:“大概是‘需要’离我们太远了,没有听见我们的'话,让我们用最大的力气再喊一阵!”
他们又喊了许多遍,直到把嗓子喊哑了,“需要”还是没有来。
弟弟又对哥哥说:“你看,天已经越来越黑了,说不定我们白喊了,谁知道‘需要’还会不会来修车呢?”等得没有指望了,弟兄两个只好自己动手,一个拿斧头,一个拿凿子,两个人齐心协力、终于把车修好了。
回到家里,父亲问他们:“孩子们,你们是怎么回来的?”
弟兄两个一起抱怨起来:“哎呀,我的爸爸,我们刚走到半路上,车就坏了。我们一直喊那个该死的‘需要’,把嗓子都喊哑了,他都不来。我们拿起斧头和凿子,自己把大车修好了。”
父亲听了,高兴地说,“我的孩子们,这就是‘需要’呀!它就在你们身边,而你们还喊它呢!没有人帮助你们,你们自己不是也把事情办了吗?所以,人们都说,‘需要’会给人添智慧呢!”
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