Section 81. Perseverance Finds Its Reward

Robert Bruce, restorer⁠ of the Scottish monarchy, being⁠ pursued one day by the enemy, was⁠ obliged⁠ to seek refuge in a barn and to spend⁠ the night there. In⁠ the morning, when he awoke, he saw a spider climbing up⁠ the⁠ beam of the roof. The spider fell⁠ down to the ground, but immediately tried to climb up again, when it a⁠ second time fell to the ground⁠. It made a third attempt, which also failed. Twelve times did (S. 32, N. 11) the little spider try to climb up the beam, and twelve times it fell down again, but the⁠ thirteenth time it succeeded⁠ and⁠ gained the top⁠ of the beam. The king (S. 5, N. 2) immediately got up⁠ from his lowly⁠ couch, and said: “This little spider has taught (S. 42, N. 4) me perseverance; I will follow its example. Twelve times have⁠ I been beaten by the enemy. I will try my fortune once more!” He did so⁠, and won the next battle. The king became the spider’s scholar.—N. Goodrich.

Use the noun with the def. art.

Construe according to S. 55, N. 1, and use the Imperf. of the Passive Voice; by, von.

The pron. er must be supplied here.

genötigt; ‘to seek refuge’, here sich flüchten.

zu´bringen.

Say ‘When he awoke in the (am) morning’.

hinauf´kriechen ... an; see S. 16, N. 4.

Use the indef. art. instead of the def. art.

auf den Boden fallen.

zum zweiten Male.

herun´terfallen, to avoid monotony.

I succeed, es gelingt mir.

The pron. sie must be supplied here.

das oberste Ende.

sich erheben.

bescheiden.

The Active Voice will read better in German.

so = it.