THE EIGHT STICKS

I have eight sticks, four of them being exactly half the length of the others. I lay every one of these on the table, so that they enclose three squares, all of the same size. How do I do it? There must be no loose ends hanging over.

Geometry Puzzles and Rebuses

Sources:

Amusements in Mathematics, Henry Ernest Dudeney Question 198

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