Preview Questions What do you think the father will teach his sons? 2. What do you think the father will do with the sticks? 3. Can people change the way they treat each other? father had three sons who were always arguingA among themselves. Nothing he said would stop them, and so one day he decided to show them something that would make them think.“Go into the forest, he said, "and bring me back some sticks. The sons did as he asked and soon came back with some sticks. He took the sticks from them and tied them ogether. "Try to break these sticks in two," he said.