Read the following passage and answer the questions at the end.

Read the following passage and answer the questions at the end.

3)                 King Robert Bruce ruled over Scotland. He had been defeated many times by English. He ran for his life and hid in a cave. He had lost all hopes to win. As he lay there thinking if he should give up his struggle or not, he saw a spider trying to reach its cobweb in the ceiling of the cave. It fell down again and again but did not give up its effort. At last the little insect reached its home in its ninth attempt. This gave courage to King Bruce. He made up his mind to fight and this time he won the battle.

QUESTIONS:

Q.1)      By whom had Robert Bruce been defeated many times?

Ans:      King Robert Bruce had been defeated by the English Army many times.

Q.2)      Where did he hide?

Ans:       He hid in a cave.

Q.3)      What did he see in the cave?

Ans:       He saw a spider trying to reach its cobweb up in the ceiling to the cave.

Q.4)       After how many attempts did the spider succeed?

Ans:       The spider succeeded in its ninth attempt.

Q.5)        What lesson did King Bruce learn from the spider?

Ans:         King Bruce learn the lesson, ‘’Try, try again till you succeed.’’