UNITY IS STRENGTH

A very old oak-tree grew in a forest. There was a hollow in it. Some bees lived in the hollow. The bees worked and made sweet honey.
One day a bear came up to the oak-tree. He heard the bees humming in the hollow. A bee flew out. It saw the bear and stopped.
- Hey, you, go away or we'll show you! - threatened the bee.
The bear began to laugh at its threat.
Soon a swarm of bees flew at the bear.
- How dare you come near us! - the bees buzzed and began to sting him.
The bear waved his paws, scratched his face, but he could do nothing.
Just then he heard a blackbird's voice from a tree:
- You'd better get away from here. True, bees are weak, but unity is
strength. The strongest lion can do nothing against them.
The bear ran away to his den. And the swarm of bees returned home.