English Original
Mrs. Wen had two children, James and William. The boys were always fighting, both at home and at school.
One day, they fought again at school. Their teacher called Mrs. Wen and told her about it.
"Oh, I have had enough!" said Mrs. Wen after she put down the phone. "Why can't they help each other and stop fighting?"
When the boys came home that day, Mrs. Wen took some chopsticks from the kitchen.
"Try to break these," she told them. Neither of them could break the bundle. Then she gave them one chopstick each.
"Now try to break it," she said. They both broke their chopstick easily.
"You see," said Mrs. Wen, "We are like these chopsticks. We are only strong when we help each other."
After that, they never fought again.
中文翻译
温太太有两个孩子，詹姆斯和威廉。这两个男孩总是在打架，无论是在家里还是在学校。
一天，他们又在学校打架了。他们的老师打电话告诉了温太太。
"哦，我受够了！" 温太太放下电话后说道。"他们为什么不能互相帮助，停止打架呢？"
那天男孩们回家后，温太太从厨房拿了一些筷子。
"试试折断这些筷子，" 她对他们说。他们俩谁也无法折断这捆筷子。然后，她给了他们每人一根筷子。
"现在试试折断它，" 她说。他们俩都轻易地折断了各自的筷子。
"你们看，" 温太太说，"我们就像这些筷子。只有互相帮助时，我们才强大。"
从那以后，他们再也没有打过架。