Robert Bruce!

Robert Bruce was a clever King who ruled Scotland, a European country.

Once, when the King of the neighboring country, England, launched an attack, he was unable to hold his ground. His army was defeated and fled. Bruce himself managed to escape by a whisker.

He ran swiftly and hid inside a cave. As he sat there, deeply dejected and silent, he witnessed a sight—

A spider, at the mouth of the cave, was trying to jump from one end to the other to weave its web!

In the first jump, it could not reach the other side. It failed the second time as well. However, the spider kept on trying. Three… four… five… six… it failed that many times!

But on the seventh attempt, it succeeded in reaching its goal! Watching this gave Bruce a lot of food for thought. He muttered to himself—

"If a mere spider does not give up even after seeing its first six attempts go to waste, why can't I, a human being, try again?"

He stepped out of the cave. He secretly located his soldiers who had fled, gathered them together, and devised new war strategies.

With a sudden and well-planned move, Robert Bruce defeated the English army and regained power in Scotland once again.

Thus, this story became popular across the world in motivational speeches and classrooms as a lesson to never give up and keep on trying.


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