The King and the Spider

 The King and the Spider

THE KING AND THE SPIDER

This story teaches us another lesson of preserverance and steadfastness.It urges us to be constant in our doinggs.we should make daring moves.We should stick to our particular stance .Shakespear says in"The taming of the shrew': "- as mountains are for winds ,that shakes not,though they blow perpetually."Robert Bruce was a valant king of scotland.He fought many battels to liberate his country from the despotic dictatorship and brutality of te English.Nevertheless,he could never succeed in his efforts.Once he made the full preparations for war.

He wanted to fight a decisive battle.He was extermely confident of his victory.He fought courageously and fearlessly but to no avail.He was defeated so badly that he had to run away from the battlefield to save his life.He hid in a cave and began to ponder over his faults that had brought about his defeat despite the full -fledged preparations.He was so frustrated and grieved at his defeat that he decided to abandon his struggle for freedom .Preoccupied  with his thoughts ,he lay down in the cave.Eventually he caught sight of a spider that was ascending the wall to reach its cobweb.The spider tried many times to reach its destination but could not.Every time it fell down ,it tried with new determination .It failed nine times but did not get hopeless.The king thought that the spider would never try again to get at the web.However ,to his surprise ,he saw the spider climbing again .This time ,It succeeded in reaching its cobweb.This inspired the king so much that he got a new enthusiasm to resume his struggle.He gathered his army again and fought fiercely with anunusual spirit of victory.Ultimately ,he defeated his enemy and won freedom for his country.

Possible morals

1-Try try again

2-Despair is a sin

3-Failure leads to success.