roughly loosely toughly
The oldest son took the bundle in his  thickened  hands.He was strong, and he used all of his23 strength to try to break the reeds, but they would not be broken.Finally he gave up, and his younger brother24 took on the challenge.He balanced the reeds across the tabletop and used all of his weight to try to break the bundle,   but  it did not break.Finally, he gave up, and the youngest brother took the  [MASK]  bound twigs in his hands.He, too, struggled with all of his strength to snap the bundle into two pieces, but it would not break.