Do you know the saying about the ‘hair brush’?
That where one plastic stem from a brush is really weak, then a bunch of plastic stems all together would be very sturdy & tough;
Then one person would be afraid and vulnerable from the attack of group of soldiers, then a person get together to other person to form into a bunch of person all together, would withstand the soldier attacks & can push them off guard.
Then what would you do if a small person is all together in a bunch just like that-and they are all just children that’s no more than 3 years old, and they all walking towards you?
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