THE KING AND THE SPIDER
The Scottish people tell how the courage and hope of King Bruce were revived by the example- of a spider. He had lost many battles and was discouraged. Sad and almost desperate, he went to a quiet room in his castle to ponder over the situation. As he meditated he observed a spider hanging from the ceiling by a single- filament, and began to watch its struggles to Tiee. Again and again it attempted to mount by the slender cord, and every time it failed. The King continued to watch, and the spider to slip back. .An hourpassed, then the little insect finally succeeded and reached the ceiling. : Here was a lesson for the King. - Shall 1/ he said, *be discouraged by a few failures, when this little crawling thing was not daunted by many I will try once more.’ So he made a great rally against his foes, routed them, and has handed down to us the saying, ‘lf at first you don’t succeed, try again.’
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New Zealand Tablet, 23 October 1913, Page 61
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