A King And A Spider

郭婕

导读：国王的领土被敌人占领，他自己也遭到敌人的步步紧逼。正当节节败退、心灰意冷之时，他看到了不轻易放弃的蜘蛛，受到启发，用自己的耐心和毅力夺回了失去的领土。

Once the enemies of a king took his kingdom. The king fought hard but was defeated by his enemies. They occupied his kingdom. The king fled away from his capital. The enemies tried to capture the king. He later collected soldiers and fought with the enemies six times， but he could not defeat them. The enemies tried their best to capture him. They offered reward for his capture by anybody. Some people were tempted by this offer and also tried to capture the king. For this reason the king hid himself in many places. When he was about to give up， still he did not submit to his enemies.

Once he hid himself in a cave. He was in despair. He thought that he would never be able to recover his lost kingdom. Once he thought of submitting to his enemies. At this time he saw that a spider was trying to climb up to the roof of the cave. The spider failed again and again， but it didnt give up its attempt. In this way it tried six times. Still it failed again. In the next attempt the spider succeeded in climbing up the roof.

This was a lesson to the king. He was inspired by the example of the spider. He thought of fighting with the enemies again with a renewed vigor. He collected faithful followers once more and attacked his enemies. This time the king and his men fought so bravely for the freedom of their country that the enemies were defeated. The king recovered his lost kingdom.

Vocabulary

capture v. 俘获，捕获

tempt v. 诱惑

submit to 服从，屈服于

attempt n. 尝试，努力

（Patience and perseverance lead to success.）endprint