KING BRUCE AND THE SPIDER

King Robert Bruce of Scotland. He was defeated by Edward , the king of England. Robert Bruce ran away from the battle field and took refuge in a cave. He was very sorry over his defeat. He wanted to win freedom for his country. He had fought for several times but was defeated. He thought over the matter and decided to give up the struggle. Just at the moment a spider fell down from the roof of the cave. King began to watch the movement of the spider. The spider tried again and again but could not succeed every time it fell down. This happened nine times. The king was sure that spider would try it no more. It was its tenth attempt. This time the spider succeeded and reached its home. The King Bruce learnt a lesson from the spider. He thought if a spider could succeed why could not he. He collected his army, defeated the England and got freedom for his country.

About the poet:
Eliza Cook was the youngest of the eleven children of a brasier living in London Road, Southwark. When she was about nine years old her father retired from business, and the family went to live at a small farm in St. Leonard's Forest, near Horsham. Her mother encouraged Eliza's fondness for imaginative literature, but the child was almost entirely self-educated. She began to write verses before she was fifteen ; indeed, some of her most popular poems, such as 'I'm afloat' and the 'Star of Glengarry,' were composed in her girlhood.