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Chapter 1 The Boy . , 11

Th� year �as 1276. In a q�i�t';�n�/s;��ti:,� fa1l�t, � gro · of

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Scott:ish nobles rode, towaids a farm. The nobles rode han sorne
C:IIJuC \'�' · :. •

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horses and.wore rich clothei. Ea.ch noble had a boy with hlm.
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But �hey carried no weapons ' because
· this. was a meeting of
í�v�
t'.ruce: M. rlr.¡ S · · �¡
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/{ ,,, "- '/11.1297 qfJi:,rv• sy. Scotland had no king. The old king died without a son or
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da�ghter. The English king, Edward 1, wanted-�o �hoose a 'new
Lanark (�\.
'fung for Scotland. The Scottish nobles wanted to choose thei,r "
.,/) ruler. So there was W�r. The fighting went on ºand things were
diflicult - there was no food beca:use the farmers were ftghting O
far the nobles. Edwatd I - 'Longshanks' they called him
because he had long legs - caUed. a troce. ·The bravest nobles
York.
carne, leaving their weapons ·f:/e{ti�i
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They c�e to the meet-
ing place -• a large farm Building that belonged to a farmer
l.l);�ENGlAND
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called MacAndrews. They tied théir horse utside and went

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One of the neighbo'urfug farmers was a man called M,alcolm
Wallace. He was a strong, brave man who wanted �cots to rule
't, �-
O#t,rd
Scotland. He had two sons,John, who was eighteen, and William,
•Bath ��
l.ONDO.N
then only seven. William 5.fa_ his father's blue eyes. Malcolm's
•�uiy wife died wheri William was born.
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Later that s�tne day, M_alcolm ar¡.d ]<;)hn rode off to the
1

�c.,
l-f Iyia�Andrews' farm, carrying farJ"{¿JJ;'�¡{f;' them as weapons.
Ey9lrS'lt c:}lf '.� 0� William �atched them. He loved his father and wanted to be like
�
� Places efba.td.es
<t_o/ him. He ran to his horse and rode after them.
They stopped qn the hill above the farm.
· 'Stay here,' Malcolm said tb William.
England and Scotland at the time oJ Willíam Wallate. When MalGqlm and John arrived at the farm building every-
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thing was qmet. No people, rto. horses. They held therr weapons

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 sh5d open the <loor.They looked up and their he8 A tall, dark man rode towards the crowd who stoo near he·
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stopped. T i:�J;obles and thirty boys. And one farmer. Ali deaa. graves.William looked at him.
Tied by the��é1c.They 1f
cAiJ .
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a sound behind them and quickly 'Uncle Argyle?' William saíd.
turned.Willi' am stood tuere, 1ooking up at th e bo¿·1es. That night the boy and _ his uncle sat together at the table
'William! Get .o'ut ofhere!' shb�t�dJohn. Argyle had no wife o� children but he would take the hoy hom
:'.·.- : �-\ first William did not ' think tv'er�
the bodies real. Then he with him.Malcolm 1 s sword lay on the table. William tried to lift i1
touclied one and realized. He shut his eyes to trie terrible picture ¡,
'- '
'First learn · to use this,' Argyle said, pointing to William
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•

and ran this way and that, khod<ing into bodies. Malcolm ca�fi(
William and held him.
/·/t: !,i fl f¡
'English murderers!' he said.
♦
That night a group of local · men met at the Wallace farm.
William listened from the door.
'The nobles who wanted to fight are dead,' said Malcolm. 'So
we have to show the English that we won' t líe clown and serve
them.We're not dogs but men!' •-
They rode off the next day to attack the English. William
stayed at hom.e and fought the English in a game with his friend,
Hamish. Night came. William watched through a w1ndow.
His father and brother did not return. But they returned the
next ;-:Orning - Old Campbell, Hamish's father, brought theír
bodies.
'William ...Come here, my hoy,' said Old Campbell kindly;
William looked away �nd shut his eyes. He looked back� but the
bodies of his father and brother were still there.
♦
William stood at the graves and the · neighbours looked at the
hoy.What would happen to him n ow? A little girl of five with
long red hair carne towards him. She handed William a flower -
the purple flower of Scotland.Theír eyes met and then the girl
walked back to her mother.
head, 'and then I will teach you to use that.'
Willial!! did not take much with him to Argyle's house- ori
�other's wedding dress and his fath�'s sword.When thc
left the enipty farm, he lo oked _back only once.
Chapter 2 The Rebel
7flv
Years later, a beautiful young French princess walked throu
the great rooms of a London castle.She carne into a large roe
Longshanks, tall and han��?.r.r.1�• stood in front of his nobles.
saw Isabella.
'Where is my son?' he shouted.'I s�nd far him - and he se
you, his new wife ! How can the son 6f the King ofEngland_!'
weak!' His eyes shone angrily..
He -turned back to his nobles. 'I want to rule France.But fi
f¿¡ .
must rule Scotland. Nobles are tµe key to the Scottl.sh door.
must give land here in England to Sccittish nobles. We must
land in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland to our
nobles.' .
. 'But our people dó not want to live among the �
(l,(J .
rebels,' said one old noble.
bring..Qack th
'Then we shall make a better offer. We shall :::::µ .
.
rule' of "fi.rst night" - a gitl who lives on a noble's land
'spend he�dfliÜg night with the noble of the land, not wit
husband.'

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Robert carne in they were silent.Robert the Brúce wanted to
be King of Scotland and the;;e men were on his side. Another
Scottish family, the Balliols, alstí wanted to rule.They had many
friends too and there was w�r between the two families. The
Balliols and the Btuc,es wére· ill
brave men but people could ./
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They looked after

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not tiusó,,'them. themselves first and Scotland
second. S�metimes they fought with' the English and sometimes
against therri.
Lord Mornay, a young noble and friend of R.obert, spoke.
'The people want us to fight now. They are very angry about this
new English rule of "first night".; ..
'We must wait,' saidRobert, 'until we are ready.'

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Longshanks stood in front his nobles. }{e saw Is abe/la. rWhere is
A day's journey from E�n_burgh there was a different world.
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Lanark was�� yil1,age of roúgh streets and stone houses, a market
1n1i son ? ' he shouted. 'I send for him - and he sends you, his new wife! \ ,·· ;.; .·.• ,,/.JO /·1 f I

oJ oJ
How can the son the King England be so weak!'
for local faiÍÍi.ers,'·a place for people to méet. Today was market
day. There was music and dancing.There was good food to eat
and beer to drink.English soldiers watched. .Market days ,/(;�fe
good for the English rulers. When the people were enjoying
Isabella's blood went cold.She thought of her own wedding
·'' /
thfrKtei��' tµ.ey were not
.
t{g1ü�{. uj1-;.. . --=
night just past. Her new husband did not come to her bedroom - 1.,///
!

(f'/ "( Th�r__yvatched a young man r ide into the village. His eyes
(
, wre-blue and his hair was light brown, shining yellow in the stfu.!
, he preferred to be with his friend, Peter. Longshanks looked at e 1
__
her, smiling. e � �
He wore a farmér's cloth_es but he did not look like a farmer. ·
With his straig�t back, strong bo�y and intelligent face, he_
♦
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looked darigerous. Everyone noticed the new arrivaL Old
Soon after, many miles north of London; a grou o 12 Jf l./_() fi.j
p of horsemen ·· , Campbell, his bright red ha.ir now going grey, watched with his
rode up the hill to Edinbi'.i.rg� Castle.In the centre . t;;.,4,.,::: •
of the group · old rebel ftiénd, MacClannough. :The young man got. off his
was a )?.aridsome young man on a fine horse. His shoul
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horse and walked through the crowd�..., 1
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strong and he carn ed a heavy sword at h1s s1de.Robert, 17th Earl ir· ;l.'.:J.
'MacClannough ... ,' Old. Campbell said _guietly, 'could. that
of Bruce, was a fighting man: . '1-.:� ,) 1�í .
. .
be ... William ?'
Wallace. · ,._ (J

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:rwenty-four'Scottish nobles, ali friends ofRobert
'the Bruce',
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Murron MacClannough was also watchmg. She was now the
sat rnund a largé table in the central room of
the castle.When riiost beautiful girl in the _ village, rfí'a'Vlf/in ali of Scotland, with

4 5
 her long red hair. She was standing in a group of girls. \villiam
fa� her. pid fr remember her? William started to spsak to'"
fr
Murron but jl:St then his old :friend Harnish walked up to
him. The two men srniled.
'Have you come back tsi your father's farm?' Hamish asked.
¡ - r? ur.:-, ,./
'Yes. Góod to see you igaiñ,' William said. He shook hands
with his father's old :friends.It began to rain.Everyone ran inside,
but not William. He stood and watched the rain.
That night William stood at the door of the farmho0se and
remembered his years there with his father and bro-ther. He
looked across the valley at the MacClannough house, :friendly
through the storm, smoke from the kitchen fire climbing into .._,
the sky. - - ·- - � ,
The MacClannoughs were surprised to hear a kn�ck at the
door so late. When MacClannough opened the door, there
outside in the rain, was William Wallace on his horse.
'Good evening. Can I speak with your daug�ter?' he asked.
'Murron, would you like to go for a ride on this fine
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even1ng? G,.J o •," \-· <,,_ -'-·- c."'·-,, 1--�
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Befare her parents could say no, Murron jumped l\P �ehind
William and they disappeared through the trees, They rode up
high into the'hills. They carne to a group of trees. On the other
side of the trees the ground fell away below theni. They were
1
looking clown on a beautiful lake. They stood t6get:her and said
nothing. William took Murron home. Befare he went, he put
something in her hand. Then he jumped on his horse and rode
away. Murron and her mother looked at the present: a c;hi�d
flower - the same flower that - fivr-year-old Murron gave to
William at ,his father's grave. ( ·r' - , ' ·:i ,.,_

They watched a young man ríde ínto the víllage. He wore afarmer's The next day William started work on the farrnhouse. He
clothes but he díd not look like afarmer. He looked dangerous. climbed up on the roof to mend sorne hales where the rain carne

7
 in. J\-1:icClannough rode up and asked Vlilliam ce• comt· to a
_--- n1 eetina .::, - a secret meeting.
.... They. rode tmrether·
....., deeD
... into the
hills. There they met with twency men, ali farmers.
'\Ve put ourselves in danger ['J bring ycu l1ere, bt-cause you
are che son of Malcolm \Val.lace. Do yov 1:,_nders,;i.nd:'
· 'I do,' William answered. He knev.r rebds .when he saw them.
'Every <lay the English send i.n more soidicrs. W1-: !l I,1L,lcolm
Wallac_e was alive, we met hére for every att:1ck,' Old C:1mpbell
explained. 'You have come back ancl we ask ourselves, "Are we
still men?" Will you be one of us?'
'I carne home to be a farmer and to have a farrúly,' said
William. He looked at Old Campbe.U and Hamish and ·,v:1lked.
away to the horses. On the way ho1:.1e, he stopped and lcoked at
the graves ofhis father and brother for a long time.

William did not see tv1urron for two ,veeks. Then i:here ,vas a
wedding in the village. Helen MacCbnnough, a c'tJ'f!sri of
Murron, was marr:i a local boy , Robbie. Ev eryone came.
?--t, __ _
There was,�;nry of fooa, beaut1ful w1ld flO\vers ,mc.1 happy mus1c.
The new �sband and wife and. their families and friends
carne out of the church. The wedding party beg;m. Suddenly
there was the noise of horses. An English noble rode tcw·ards
th_em at the head of a group of English soldiers. The villagers
ivl11rro11 jumped 11p behi11d William and they rodt: up li igh
vvent quiec. The nobleman, Lord· Bottoms, was about fifty ,
i11,o ¡ize lúlls.
grey-haired and fat, vvith a red face.
'These lands belong to me,' he said. 'And by the rule of "fo-sr
night", I am here to take this young woman to my bed on thc
night ofher wedding.' No one moveci.
'No, by God 1 ' shouted Hden's fathcr.
The soldiers v\· ere ready for this. In a sccond their swords were
pointing clown at Helen's fathrr and Robbie. The mcn \V,mted
to fight, but Helen held omo chem cightly.

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'I prefer to spend one night with th.is man than lose both of.-if
you fer ever,' she said. Then one of the soldiers pulled her uf
omo bs horse behind h.im and the group rode away. '..}J
♦
__ _ . _
W11liam and Murron went agam to the group of trees m~the hills
..
that night. They sat together above the lake and thought of
Hele11 on her weddi.--:ig night. Thev talked about their love and
their hopes.They kissed long and hard.
'I want to marry you,' said William.'But no Englishman will � English soldiers, arrived, too late. William escaped into the trees
take you on our wedding night.'
♦
They married secretly in an old, empty church. Murron gave
William a white hatl.dkerch.ief vvith the flower of Scotland on it:
They spent their wedding night under the stars. For the next six
weeks rhey met \vhen they could at nigh t and sometimes in the
day.But they did not show thac they were husband and wife.
When Murron \'lias having a baby they would be safe from Lord
Bo ttoms. Then they would explain to their friends about the
secret wedding.
♦ 'I want him, not h.is farm. And
They were both in Lanark one market day.Their eyes met but
they did not speak. William walked on. Sorne
English soldiers
were sitting at · a table and drinking quite near.They watched ·· '. ,,
l\.1urron, who was now more beautiful 'han ever, buyíng sorne ; · and this is what happens,' he shouted. He caL'Tlly waL1<.ed up rn
bread.She was waLting past when one of them suddenly caught
/VlüiiFV\- �
her wrist an.d threv1 her to the ground. 'Where are you goíng,
my lovely?' he asked.
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The other soldiers l:mghed.He fell on top of her and pJlled
at
her clothes. Murron bic _hím hard and tried to get away. Sudde
nly
\Villiam was there and he caught che soldier's arm :from
beh.ind.
10
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!-k chrew him inco his friends and turned the table over on top
_ 0( rhem.One of the soldiers began to shout, 'Rebels! Rebels!'
Orher soldiers carne running.The villagers tried to stop them.
'Run: Wilfüm, run 1 ' they shouted.
_ _.:ff '.Are you ali right, Murron?' William a ked. 'Take the ho1sc
�
and go. I'll meet you at our group of trees.
t
!
William fought off t\vo more soldiers. He watched Murron
escape.Then he ran off through the crowd, in and out of the
;,IY'l�J}fr�w streets. Soidiers were everywhere. Hesselrig, head of the
and disappeared. He thought Murron was free. But Murron did
not escape ... She fell from her horse and the soldiers caught her.
William arrived at the group of trees in the hills. 'Murron!' he
called softly. And then again more loudly. 'Murron!' he shouted.
But there was no answer.
Murron was in prison. Hesselrig looked at her proud eye,.
'Why isn·t she a:fraid of me? She's just a gírl,' h(: thought to
himself.'And who is tbs man who can fight six: of my soldiers at
the same time and beat them?' he asked.
'His name is Willi;un Wallace,' one of the soldiers answered.
'He has a farm along the valley. . Let's bum it.' DJr..
he warits yo11, my beautiful girl.
.- h.im fl(l1 .r ,,li/G-\
And you will bnng tb i:ís.
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Hesselrig took Murron into the village square and tiecl her to
ia tree. The villagers came to watch.
'An attack on the king's soldiers is an at�ack on the king ...
Murron, took out h.is knife and cut her throat.Blood ran fi-0111
the cut and she was dead. /_ - 'Jr.J,/
♦
William found h.is friends at Old Campbell's farm.
'Have you seen Murron?' he asked chem. 'She got away. I sa,,·
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· rebels followed. Ali through the valley people took up their
· his men ready to find che rebels and to kili \Villiam wallace as
Aforron díd not escape ... Shefellfrom her horse and the soldiers
ca11ght her.
her! I sa,Y her!' W illiam searche�their faces. Old Campbell tc!d
\Villiam that Murron was dead. W illiam could see thac he ,vas
(!)'lu(l !.A- 2.e, (, f4'(.(,A/L
not lying. He went outside. The moon shone on the purple
flowers among the grass. \íVilliam's wild screams, �,ngry and sad.
cut chrough the black night.
W illiam Wallace jumo� on the nearest horse and rode to his
farm. He took his fathe;'s great �rd from its hiding place. T he
,Yeapons and ran behind him towards Lanark, where Hesselrig
:md his men were waiting. Wallace rode on. He stopped in from
of the line of soldiers just outside the village. He ,vas not afraid.
He was ready to kili.
The battle ,vas short. No otJ.e could stop \Xlallace and his
angry followers. English soldiers lay dead everywhere. Wallace
found Hesselrig and pulled him out by his luir to the squa;:e. His
wild eyes looked at che face of Murron's mur�e�er. He cook his
. ·, . Hov, ,..,,:11.,.,-r-o
sword and cut Hesselng s throat 111 one movemem. Tht' people
,:1.;ere shouting, 'Wal-lace! Wal-lace!' Bue he did not he2r them.
He looked at Mmron's blood on the ground, he looked ar che
blood of che Englishman on his sword. He knew he would fight
as a rebel from this day until he died. •
Lord Bocroms sat on his horse omside his castle. He \vas getcing
an example to the people of Scotland. He gave a soldier a letcer
to take to the Lord Governor at Stirling Castle. But the soldier
did not get past _the castle walls. \Vallace and his men \Yere
waiting outside. Suddenly there were Swcs everywhe,e.
Bottorns cried to shom orders. The rebels pulled hi..'11 from
his fine horse. Wallace tied his hands and threw him onto an
old and tired horse.
'Go back to England. Tell them that Wallace is a free man of
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Scorbnd. Our sons and daughrers belong to us, not to the king of
Engiand.Tell rhem ...Scotland is free!'

They pm Murron in rhe ground the next day. They cut a flo\1ver
n1· Scotland into the srone by her grave. W illiam put the white
handkerchief next to his broken heart.

Far off in London, Princess Isabella sat in the castle with her
friend, Nicoletre. She watched Prince Edward playing ball games
with his friends in the garden. Nicolette told her news of
Scotland and the story of W illiam and Murron. This was the
kind of man Isabella would like for a husband.
At that moment Longshanks arrived. 'You play games here,
boy?· he shoured ar his son. 'The rebels are attacking our soldiers
in Scotland! They have sent Lord Bottoms back ro England!' He
knocked Edward to the ground. Tm going to Fra_nce now. I'm
kaving Scotland to you. Do you understand?' He pulled
Edward up by the throat. 'And curn yourself intó a man.' The
king left.

Back in Scotland, Robert the Bruce sat with hisfather. 'It's time
t_o fight like William Wallace. All Scotland is with hirri. This is no
rime to talk with the English,' said the young Robert.
'Fighting is not enough. Yes, Wallace is brave. But. a dog is ,
brave. You're noble. You are clever and brave.We'll go.with these f
rebels on our lands in Scotland. But w�'ll stand against them on ..-
our lands in the south. Longshanks will · do anything to· rule t
Scotland. We ,vill, too.' ;vicoicrte trld lsabclia news of Scrr/a¡¡d a11d che sfOI)' oj I:-Villiam a11d
♦ 771is 111¡1s the ki11d (?(man Isabei!a 11 1011/d likefor a /111sba11d.
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 .William sat near a small fire, thjnking. The ground was wet fron)t ,-�h- u . ; w rÍ
days of rajn but w ith the trees above their he ads, they were dry
enough. Harrush looked into the da rk forest round them, his
!
o ght I a t the 1m;n to make a hundred spears. Each spear
\�=ül be twice as tall as a man.'
eyes·J ':�- Before Hamish could ask \Villiam any more questions, the
searching for movement. Old Campbeli was meriding weapons
_.��- gti�rds b�ought in sorne new rebels. !v1en carne from a1l ov_er
Guards were standing further away.

r_
. - '\ .Sc�tland every day to fight with \Villiam Wallace. But any one of
'What do we do when Longshank:s sends all of his northe
r; them could be a spy for Lo�gshanks.
army against u s?' Williani asked. - \ · The new men looked at William Wall ace and their faces
'That's a good question,' answered Old Campbell. 'They
have · J.;:_ shone. William wa.s dirty like the others, and his hair was wet and
many horses and new weapons. 1J/r:. h ave only swords
and ,j� full ofleaves, but they saw the fire inside him. It was that fire that

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· weapons that we make on our farros.'·
,� chey wanted to follow. .1\mong the new rebels was a handsome ·
'They'll ride r ight over us,' said Harrush.
young man from Ireland called Stephen. William spoke to them
'So we fight the llighland way,' said Old Campbell. 'Att
ack , all.
and run into the hills. Bum everyth.ing on the way.'
1 . ·'Show us that you can live without food and sleep and then
'Then it is o ur own land and villages that we bum. Bue could
i� you can fight for us .'
we beat Longsha�'s army?' William looked up at the trees
and
♦

� A hundred Énglish horsemen rode in straight lines across open

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country. Lord Dolecroft rode in front. They were looking for
William Wallace and his rebels. Sometirnes they carne very close.
They found fires still smoking. B ut they never saw them, untü
one day when they saw Harrush and a group of rebels near sorne
trees. The Scots saw the horsemen and ran like frightened
animals.
'After them!' Dolecroft shouted and kicked his horse. They
followed Harrush and his hungry and tired men across an open
field with low hills all round.
'Now we have them,' shouced Dolecroft. He rode into the
field but 'the grou nd was very \Vet and the horses' legs dis­
appeared up to their knees. S uddenly there were Scots eve,-y­

where, waving swords above their heads. William Wallace g1ve the
r'/iilíam looked !lp 0 order to attack. Every Englishman died.
• at the trees c1nd thouoh
o t. 'I U-'c1./:lt che men to 111ake
•
a lwndrcd spears. Each spear will be twice as tal! as a man.'
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The news of Willa ce's win over che English travelled quickly. 'I don't want to fight s o that they can have more land '
The rebels hid Íi'i an empry farm building. The farmer was 'Neither do I,' said the old one, and he turned and waL1.;.ed
friendly and gavt ,í1 er.l food and clothes. away from th e battle tov.rards horn.e. O thtrs followed, fir st one by
William slept \':hile Old Carnpbell and Scephen talked about one and then in groups. Lochlan shouted at them to stop but
battles and how to '.Ún th err.. Ha..111ish carne in. _ they did not listen. __
'N e'NS has aniYed,' he called softly. W illiam woke up. 'The 'Vlhy do th ey have to die for us?' said Mornay.
English are sendíng a great army to Stirling Castle. Sorne say: But suddenly they did stop. William Wallace rode into che
there are !:en thcusand, sorne say twenty! And the Scots are: nuddle of the Scots army with his rebels, his fair-hair flying in th e
coming clown froTI� th e Highlands. Hundreds of them!' ¡ \\·in d, his strong arrns showing un der his ordinary leather shirt.
1 He rode up to the nobles.
♦
'This is our army,' said Lochlan. 'Do you want to serve?'
Stirling Castle stood high on a hill above open country. A riverI . 'If this is your army, why are the m en l eaving? I serw
c�t t�rough the field in front of {t. A wooden bridge crossed the(' Scotland, not you.' He tur ned his hor se to look at the men. ,.
·
nver 111 front of th e castle. [ 'V./e didn't come to fight for them!' shout�d the old solrner.
On l 7 June , 1297, a group of Scottish nobles stood on!.- And another man called, 'Home! T he English are too many!
a smaller hill looking clown en to the field, ready for battlel Vkll all die.'
Rob at th, B m<ec w,s in pcison so Locd Mornay took his place acmy wos siknt
f W,llm hdd up his hand to speak md the
at the head cf che Scottish army. From thé other sid e of the 'Sons of Scotland!' he shouted. 'I am W illiam Waliace. You lm-e
f
bridge thcy \Vatched the great English an:ny moving. F. come here to fight as free men. Yes -- if_you fight, perhaps you'll
'It l oks like twenty t� ousand!' shomed Lochlan , another �- die. I f Yº l l -run, you , may live for a nm
� · e. But at what cose? Perhaps
. , _
_ they'!!
noble . But our sp1é:<; say 1t 1s ten thousand.' _ _ill·
- _k _ us, bu_ t I say we'U alway s b e free! T he ar my ot
_ _
'And we have only two. thousand!' said Mornay.The nobles ,.. _$éoi�nen ans·,ver�d with 01:e vcice. A great shout went up, ·we
did not thinl<. there ,.,_.ould be a battle. They were ready to make ª(�
'\'!'.ill be free!' ·
truce with the EngEsh. The English army stood in front of the : ··:,'Fine words,' said Stcphen, coming up behind Wallace. 'Now
casde ,,.-ali, i
and alcmg the rive r. They we re in straight line s - foor{t wh..1t do we do?'
sold1ers w1th swords ar the front, horsemen with spears at thef 'Follo\v mir pb.n. Bring out the �pears. Put tham in the tront
_
�:i � T� ir e pons we:e 1; ew and shining. The Scots hadft ���:,;1ered.\Vall�ce. Then he rode �vith �ochlan and Mornay
c . e w a
1ea t11<:-r smrts and farm t ools. . Ji" lb t:úk to tlic Emrhsh. Thev me!: on ,he bndc,e. 0 Lord Talmadge,
: so ma:1 ( ' said one young �oldi er, lo�king over the rive�·. t-_;�.í<)§h� E��,;¡; �,my. ,�a�e ,n offec. Th¡ king will give you
If the nobles make a truce , they'll send us home,' replied ani_.J.!�;!:t;)'o.rk -=-: bc_begari.. W;1Uace stopped hlm.
old soldier standing ne;..:t to him. 'If not, we'll attack. They'll scayJ;zif(t�� ;:iu· c.;ffc.r for yo11.' he said. 'Take your anny straight b ack
on their hill and we'll die. The\''11
, r i de home and call chemselved[,1 _Jó,)t�ñd.:''/,,..sk -�vcry Scoc m:m. 'Nornan aI".d chiid ori the way
brave.' ·:fJi1;:ft��h/�;oü for:-�ne hundred years of murd.er and stealing.

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 en· perhaps you and your men will_live. If not, every one of
:ou will die today!'
;'{l··- W;ill;ce turned to Lochbn and Mornay. 'Be ready. Follow my
��rdcrs ,'. he tol_d them. He· rode back to the army and they
foll o,ved. - .
-The English quickly moved their horses across the bridge.
.Th ey lined up opposite the Scots.Then the English foot soldiers
beg:m to ·cross behind them.
The English horsemen stood tall and proud; their horses were
in purple and red. No one could beat them. Talmadge ordered
_ them to attack. The Scots stood and waited.The English horses
i �e at them, nearer and nearer.
� --� -
'Wait ... ,' shouted Wallace. 'Wait ...NOW!'
\Vallace's men-brought out their secret we:ipons - long spears,
,: each one tvvice as tall as a man. They pointed them at the horses.
: The English could not stop their horses and their swords were
- too short. The long spears cut the men and horses to pieces.
_ Everyone on the battlefield listened to the scteams of the dying
English.
The. English pushed their foot soldiers across the bridge.
Following Wallace's orders, Lord Mornay rode with his horsemen
away from the battle. The English saw Mornay leave and thought
now they would win.
Wallace lifted his sword. 'For Scotland!' he screamed. He ran
towards the English, his brave rebels behind hirn.They attacked
and killed all the soldiers in the field and then pushed onto the
bridge. More English soldiers were stiµ trying to get onto
the bridge from the other side.The Scots caught the men in the
middle and cut them clown. The water below the bridge ,�·as red
with blood. The English beg:in to realize that they could not
77ze army of Scotsmen. answered with win. Sorne stayed and fought bravely but others turned and ran,
one voice. Agrear shout went up,
'Uf will befree 1' among them Lord Talmadge. Just at that moment, Mornay and
his men attacked the English from the side. The river was easy to

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 '"'' \�\ '
'-''He han cied the king a letter. Longshanks read che letter. Sud­
denly, his face looked old and grey. 'We have no army in

'
Scodan d,' he said quietly.

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Chapter 3 First Lord of Scotland
��)f� r-o•r.��: � .· -. . - over
the Bat;le ofStirling, •• ,,iam V/allace ,vas farnous alJ
Vhll
�rJ·'�t./�.. · . · �-�� _After _ V

H Edinburgh and up to the castle, his

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.:-<_,,.... - . _:-,.� , :SJ·i;��::• --�"-�_ ·�·-_,:.; .:g:.:;--..,.,,_�"':'.-'W 1ends at his sir- le· The people looked
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children. The Dobles in their fine clothes did not understand
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-�f how an ordinary man could win a great battle like that, when the
. """:./1 n· ruces and BalJiols could not. Robert the Bruce was now out of
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walked
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FVallace's men brought out their secret weapo11s - long spears,
= · - .. -_--............... ..._.lprison and he sto�d among the other nobles as WWailliam
►imo the castle. He could see at once that this ll ace would
each 011e fll'Íce as tal! as a man. They poínted them at the horses.
f never se:·ve anv other man. A man began to read: 'In the name of
:: God, Sir Willi�m Wallace, we make you First Lord ofScotland!'
F They gave him a goíd ring of oflice and the nobles went clow n
cross on horseback behind the trees to the east. The English¡ 011 their knees.
ran, trying to escape the Scottish swords. The terrible Battle oí{ Maybe William could be First Lord o t,t he could not be king
Stirling was finished. The Scots lifted WalJace up onto their� because he was not a nobleman. WTham watch ed as th e nobles
shoulders. The nobles and ordinary Scotsmen shouted with on ef ímmecliately began to figh t among themselves. They wanted to
voice, 'Wal-lace! Wal-lace! WAL-LACE!' f fi nd il king, but still they could not agree. William turned and
♦ walked a way.
'Sir '.:Vflliam!' one noble cried. 'W here are you going?'
On a field in n�rrhern France, the English ki ng was angry. Hisf
He turned back, h is eyes burning with anger. 'V/e hav� beaten
army was fighnng a long, slow war against the French. 'Why che English! But they'll come back, because you won t stand
[
aren'.� we already in París? We'll have to spend the win ter here ogeth r.' Wi)bam looked at Rober the Bruce as he sp ke.
l: � � �
now. _
. .i - Therc s cnly eme s1de to be on - not me Bruces, not the Balliols,
'We can not,' answered General Peters bravély. 'Half the men{ bur\i,/�ide of the Scottish . people. V/e must fight so that i:he
\Vill die of cold and hunger.' . ;.- people can be free.'
t.·
'\Ve'U bring our army from Scotland here in the spring,' said : ;Wh ;it will you do?' another 11oble asked.
Longshanks, bm just then a rider arrived. He was tired and dirty.[ .,.'IJI t'.lke the fighüng into England and beat the English on
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 their own land!' said William. He loo�ed round at the open
mouths of the nobles ánd left the castle.

A few weeks"later, far_away in London, Prince:Edward and his

. frierid P�ter, liste;ied, 'Ifr;iéi. D��rs C�ashed �pen and walls shook.
Longshanks was back from France. He arrived in Edward's
rooms, high up in the castle, and looked at the two young men
with cold, black eyes.
'What is the news from the north?' he asked angrily.
'Nothing to report, Father,' said Edward.
'W hat? A bunch of rebels beats our army at Slirling and you
say "nothing to report"!' The king's face burned angrily.
'I have ordered more men to serve as soldiers,' said Edward.
'We'll have a large army by the spring. We know from my cousin,
the Governor of York, that Wallace is near York now. But the
winter is coming. The Scots will have empcy sromachs and
they'll be weak. We'll catch this Wallace and tie him up by his
neck in front of his rebels!'
A man carne in with a letter.
'Give it to me!' the prince ordered proudly. He was beginning
to feel strong. The feeling did not last. He read the letter and his
face went white.
'Wallace has takenYork,' he said slowly.
'Impossible!' shouted Longshanks. The man also carried a bag
which he placed on a table. Edward looked in it and jumped
back, shaking. Longshanks opened the bag and took out the
bloody head of the Governor ofYork, his own brorher's son. He
dropped the head back into the bag.
'In the name oJ God, Sir William Wallace, we make you Fírst Lord
'W hat animal would do this?' said Peter quickly. 'We shall stop
oJ Scotland!'
him if he comes south ofYork!'
Longshanks did not answer. He looked at Edward. '\)/ho is
this who speaks before I ask him to?' Before Edwa,d could

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answer, Longshanks took Peter by the throat and threw him out
of the ,Yindow. Peter screamed just before he hit the ground.
Edward ran to the. window and looked clown at Peter's body.
Peter ,ns the only person that he loved and trusted and now his
body was broken and bloody on the sto_nes far below. He took a
knife from his jacket and ran at his father.Longshanks srniled. At
last his son w�s fighting for himself. His smile disappeared, and
he took hold of his son and kicked him until he was almost
dead.
'We must make a truce with the Scots,' said Longshanks,
feeling nothing for his son lying on the ground. 'But who should
go? Not chis weak son of mine. Not me. I do not want my head
brought ro London in a bag.Who can I send?'

The Scots army were resting outside York. They mended their
clothes and weapons.William, Hamish and Stephen were in the
Governor·s rooms in the city, studying his papers. Old Campbell
hurried in, almost too excited to speak. 'A group ofLongshanks's
men are here. They want to make a true.e. Be careful, William,
perhaps they v:ant to kili you.'
'I hope they do,' said Stephen, putting on his leather jacket. 'I
haven't killed an Englishman for five days.'
When William and his six riders arrived at the meeting place,
they found French guards outside the English tent.
'Longshanks! I have come!' William shouted at the entrance.
The guards pulled back the sides �f the tent door and there
in the shadows stood a tall woman in fine clothés.William began
to shake. Hamish. looked at- Old ·.Campb�ll_;_ She. was just like _-
'f aní thé Princess oJ Wales,' I;abella said. 'Wife oJthe king's son.
I éoméfrom the king ami I speakfor him.' T,Villiam
Murron! lilld when she moved· tO\vards the11: and_into the light,_ - - - looked at lzer
oJ
°
she was more like her. a11d tl;ought his lost !ove.
'I am thc Princess of Wales,' she said. 'Wife of the king's
son. I come from the king and I speak for him .' ·

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 William looked at her and thought of his lost love.
Isabella saw in him everything she wanted in a man. He �att�,, rf�:,c:- -,�¡/·h-app�ned- mariy .yea�s b�fore in the MacAndrews' - farm
1
tall and strong, his hair was wild and his eyes were soft. Here.wás�-_ ;;· �if��f:i,�ilding when·he a�d his father found i:hirty murdered Scóttish
a man who could win battles, a man that arrnies would follo\.;_.·/\_ i�f/ n�bl�s----c _-· : : �-
And yet he could ride away fi:-om. it ali and it wottl-d not m;tter to - ·-e ·"'
him. William got offhis horse. In his eyes Isabella saw something­
new in the face of a man - a deep sadness. And she knew that it
was forMurron.
· 'It's battle that I want, not talk,' said William.
'But now that I am here, will you speak with a woman?' She
went into the tent and he followed her. Inside were Nicolette
and Lord Harnilton, one ofLongshanks's men.
'I understand that you are n,pw First Lord of Scotland,' the
princess began. 'Did God tell you to kili the good people of
York?'
'We attacked York because every English attack on Scotland
starts from there!' said William.
' .. . And to cut offthe head of my husband's cousin?'
'Your husband's cousin found and murdered ali the
Scottish women and children in York before we attacked. They
threw more than one hundred dead people over the city
walls!'
'That is not possible.' Isabella we.nt white and looked at
Harnilton. She saw that it was true.
'He's lying,' said Jiarnilton, speaking to her inLatin.
When William answered them inLatin; they both jumped in
surprise. And then he spoke in French. 'Ask your king who is
lying.'
The princess asked Nicolette and Hamilton to wait outside.
She made the king's offer of land and money. Wallace turned to
leave. Isabella spoke quietly so that no one could hear. 'I know
your story. I know ofMurron.'
'She was my wife,' William said just as softly. Sudder:µy
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.r�r
�;-:\ianted t� {alk and he ·told her of Murron, of everything­
-
. _ . - . .
:= -
'You are strong inside like Murron. You will be a good queen.
Tell your king that he will neYer rule William Wallace. He will
not rule any Scot while I live.'
♦
William walked through the empty streets of York that night.
When the sun started to come up, he returned to Harnish and
the others. Their fire was still burning.
'Want sorne food?' Hanúsh asked.
William shook his head. 'No word fi:-om Edinburgh?'
'Yes.' Hanúsh waited for a few seconds and chen went on.
'They're not sending any more men, William.'
'They know about York! And they won't send more soldiers!'
William looked at the fire. 'IfI take this army to London, halfthe
men will die of illness o_r hunger on the way. We must go back to
Scotland. But we have not finished yet.'
♦
In London Isabella reported on her meeting with Wallace.
She listened to the king talking about his plans. Soldiers
_wer�c-ª1.r�ady_ -?n _ their _ way fi:-0111 Wales and France. And with
.. -t�r;iSie n:w -�eapbÍ'is::.·.·thaCcould cut , through metal- like_-;c-�:-:,,,;,._'
knife through butter. She realized that the king did not want
a truce. Her words to William Wallace were lies. The king
used her to win time. And now his soldiers were getting ready
to attack the Scots army fi:-0111 the sides and from behind.
She returned to her roorns, shaking angrily and thinking of a
plan.
'I will send Nicolette to my castle in the north,' she thought.
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 'On the way, she can find Wallace and his men. She can tell them
che king's plans.'
♦

The Battle of Falkirk was more terrible than Stirling. Of ali the
Scottish nobles, only Mornay was there with a hundred riders.
Robert che Bruce did not come.
The famous Scottish spears lined up. The English horses
began the attack from the right. The English foot soldiers shot
th=ir terrible new weapons at the spearmen from che left.
\,.allace ordered Mornay to attack the fooc soldiers before chey
could shoot again. Mornay did not attack.
From the English side Longshanks watched Mornay riding
away from the bactle wich his men. The English nobles curned to
their king in surprise. Longshanks explained. 'His payment is
new land in England and Scotland.'
William felt helpless. With Mornay gone, nci one was guarding
the spearmen. The English foót soldiers shot again, their terrible·
\Yeapons cutting the Scottish spearmen to pieces. The rest of the
Scottish army did not wait for orders. They ran screarning
towards the English. The battle was long and hard. Soldiers on
both sides fought bravely. But there were ,too many English..
. Towards the end of the battle the English horsemen attacked
again. Wallace saw them corning. He pulled the first rider to ·
the ground. It was Robert the Bruce, fighting for the English!
Wallace looked at his face. In that second he realized that
there was no hope for Scotland. He felt weak. The Bruce waved
his sword at Wallace.
'Fight me! Fight me!' he shouted. But Wallace could not fight
now. He took the gold ring of office off his finger ahd threw·iCat
_ Robert the Bruce's feet. Stephen rode up quickly. He pulled From the English side Longshanks watched Mornay riding away
Willianí up behind him onto his horse and the two rode away from the battle with his men. 'His payment is new land in England".
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T71e battle was long and hard. Soldiers on both sidesJought braveíy.
But there were too many English .
Roben the Bruce watched Wallace escape. He looked at the
ground and saw the blood of his countrymen. 'I will never fight
on the wrong side again,' he said.
♦ shouts, 'Wal-lace! Wal-lace!'
A few days later William was at Murron's grave. Rain fell hard on
his face. He held in his shaking hand the white handkerchief -
something from a better world.
Rain was falling in London too. Longshanks was smiling. '1\ll
the Scottish nobles have agreed to serve me as their king. Now
we can send soldiers from Scotland to fight in our armies in
France. Well, my flower,' he said, turning to Isabella, 'we have
seen the last of your Wallace, I think.' She looked out of the
window, her eyes as wet as the rain.
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. Chapter 4 Brave Heart .
Williám sp-ent sofn(, -�oiiths -in Fri�c�-and Italy áski�g·fo;h�lp
for ScÓtland from the King·óf France and the Pope. He �etu�ned
__to Sc()tlan� withempty pands: theywould not help. -::
Lord Mornay lay in bed looking out frorn the window of his . ·
high room at his r ich land. W hen he slept, his head was full of
pictures of W illiam Wallace - running towards him at Falkirk
with his sword held high and murder in his eyes.
Suddenly Mornay heard the sound of a horse, not outside the
castle but inside. Impossible. Surely he was asleep. Then he heard
shouts,too, and screams from below. Then silence, and then a sud­
den great crash. W illiam Wallace rode into his bedroom. Mornay
never spoke again. Wallace cut through his neck with one quick
movement. The guards at the door stoocl with their mouths open.
Wallace threw a jacket over his horse's head. He kicked the
animal hard. The horse jumped, crashed through the window
and horse and rider sailed through the air, clown, clown, past the
castle walls and into the lake below. They swam to land. Wallace
got on his horse and rode away. From behind him carne the
♦
Isabella found Longshanks and Edward in the_ cast!e garden·: 'You
smile! You have heard the news? The rebels are starting to fight
again in Scotland,'. said Edward.
'I srnile because I have a plan to catch your Wallace.' She spoke
to the king. 'Send me to my castle in the norch to speak for you.
Wallace trusts me. Find thirty of your best killers. I will find �
place for a meeting. Hé will come to the meeting and we ,:vill kili
him.Easy!'
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 Longshank.s, now old and weak, studied her strong face.'You
see, my stupid son, I have found you a real queen.'
♦

Hamish and Stephen brought William the news. 'Longshanks

has sent the princess to make a truce. '.
'Arid where does she want to meet?' asked William.
y strange � ,i�iih�1�·c:4drews"�nf_§'_&��;,:r'.Íij
���:�:�, �Jt�yeí:
William and his friends arrived at the farm building. Wallace
handed his sword to Ham.ish so that everyone in the building
could see. The killers waited inside, their kn.ives ready. Wallace
carne up to the guards outside the door. Suddenly he pushed
them inside and shut the doors. Rebels ran out of the woods and
put great pieces of wood against the building. Then they burned
it to the ground.
Isabella couldsee the fire from the walls ofher castle.Asingle r ider
carne up to the casde. She sat and waited. After a while, she heard a
small noise omside the window. In one quick movement William
pulled himselfthrough the narrow window and into the room.
'I understood at once,' he said. 'The MacAndrews' farm. You
remembered the story I told you of when I was a boy.'
'I am so pleased to see you,' said Isabella, softly touching his
face.'I know that when you looked at me . .. you saw her.' He
turned aw:1y.
'You must forgive how I feel,' she said. 'No man has ever
lo9ked at me as you do. A queen must love her husband but she
must also give hin1 a child. With my husband I cannot do both.
Just think,' she went ün, 'maybe you'll n_eyei: be King of Seo�-_
_Jañd. l3ut perhaps one �ay your blood will run through the King
ofEngland.'
-. 'I cannot love you because of �ongshanks,' he said.

li�:- .
'No. But you can love me : . _ just because I love you.' - Íf�:k�-¡ady th,\,�xt mamfog Wallace qu;et/y ";d goodby, to [,abe/la
Early the ne:x.'t morning Wallace quietly said goodbye to Isabella.

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He quickly found his rebel frirnds, Harnish and Stephen. They
saw he was full of fire again. The three of them began attacking
English soldiers where they could find them. For two days they
did not rest.

The Scottish nobles now wanced a meeting wich Wallace. They

said that they wanted to serve him and not Longshanks.
'Why do you trust them'' asked Harnish, shaking his head.
'You know chey will give you ro Longshanks.'
'You are probably right. Bue we can't win without them,
Ham.ish. Standing together is the only hope for our people.'
'I don't want to die. I want to live!' shouted Harnish.
'So do I. I want a home and �dren. I've asked God for these
things. But He has brought me ch.is sword. And ifHe wants me to
die for my councry, then I will. ·
The three rode to the mee:ing place. On the way Will.iam
gave h.is kn.ife to Scephen and h.is sword to Harnish. He felc that
he \Vas seeing them for the !ase cime.
'Here he is,' said Robert che Bruce, looking through a
window. 'And he.has no sword. ;vtY God, he has a brave_ heart.'
Will.iam carne into the house. He looked inco the eyes of
Roberc the Bruce. The two n,en now saw che same picture - a
free Scotland. William held om his hmd towards Roben the
Bruce.
In seconds there were English sold.iers everywhere. 'Noooo i !'
screamed Rcibert the Bruce, \\·ho knew nothing of this plan.
They tied Will.iam up like an animal, took him to London m·er 'Befare you die, liste11 to tlzis - yo1.1r blood dies with you. A c/1ild
the back of a horse and threw h.im in prison wlw has the blood of �Villiam TVallace is growi11g inside 111e !'

Longshanks was very ill- he ,ns dying. He could not speak wirh
his rnice, only with his eyes. IsJ.bella went to see him. She pulled

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hirn clmc: ro her by his hair and spoke so softly in his ear that
Edw:ird could not hear.
'You see' \Y.ir: ali die. Wallace will die tomorrow. But before
yo11 die, listen to this - your blood dies with you. A child who has
the blood of William Wallace is growing inside me!'
♦ and the weather like? What do you know about the people and the
Wilham Wallace died slowly in front of a gre:it crowd on 23
August, 1305. They did terrible things to his body so that he
\\·ould ask for forgiveness, but he ·would not. In the last seconds
of his life he saw Hamish and Stephen in the crov.-d. And behind
rhem, Murron. For a moment he felt strong. And he cried out,
'WE WILL BE FREE!'·
ACTIVITIES
Chapters 1-2
Befare you read
1 Look at the map at the beginning of the book.What do you know
about Scotland? Have you ever been there? What is the country
language? Tell another student.
2 Look at the pictures in the book_ What kind of story do you think it
is? The most importan! person in the story is William Wallace. Can
you find him in the pictures?
3 Find these words in your dictionary.
a weapons/battle
b army/beat
e spears/sword
Ali the words are about fighting. Write three sentences with the
words.
4 Find these words in your dictionary.
castle grave noble rebel truce trust
Now use the words to compl�te these sentences.
a When both siéles want to stop fighting, they make a ......
b A .....is someone who fights against the king or queen .
e A ..... was a very rich man with a lot of land.
d When someone dies their body is put in a ......
e The king and queen sometimes live in a .....near London.
f lt is difficult to .....somebody who lies to you.

After you read

5 Find description on the right for each name on the left.
a Wil!iam ----- - - A Scottish nobleman
_,/'
b Rc,t>::;rt the Bruce _,,.,.- - ( Willi&m's uncle
e lsabella - 1 The English king
d Longshanks Malcolm's youngest son
e Murron MacClannough A French princess
f Argyle William's young wife

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 6 Pui these sentences in the ríght order.
.: After you read
a Willíam Wallace decides to fight as a rebel.
11 Who says these words? Who to?
b The Scots win the battle at Stiriing.
a 'You see, my stupid son, 1 have found you a real queen.'
e Malcoim and John are ki/led.
b 'You remembered the story ! told you of when ! was a boy.'
d Murron is murdered by the Eng/ish soldiers.
e 'But you can /ove me ... just because / /ove you.'
e William Wallace marries Murron. d 'My God, he has. a brave heart.'
e 'We wi/1 be free!'
Chapter3 12 Can you think of a modern country or region which wants io ru!e
itself but does not? What problems do they have?
Befare you read
7 Look at the picture on page 24.
What do you think is going to Writing
happen to William Wallace? Do you
think the Scots wi/1 beat the
English again? Wh•;'/why not? 13 You live in London in the time of William Wallace. There are no
newspapers but you write reports far other people to read.Choose
one of the fights or battles in Braveheartand write a repo;t about it.
Alter you read •
14 lt is a year 'after William Wallace's death. Princess /sabe/la has
8 In these pairs of people, what does
the first person feel about the had her baby.Write a letter from lsabella to a friend. Tell her about
second?
the baby and what your life is like now.
a Longshanks and Pr:nce Ed1,vard
15 Think of a we/1-known person from you.- country's past. Find out
b William Wallace and Princess Isabel/a about him or her. Then write about his/her life.
e Princess Isabel/a and William Wallace 16 Who did you like most in this story? And who didn't you like? Why?
d Princess Isabel/a and Longshanks
e William Wallace and Robert the Bruce
9 Work with another student. Have a conversation.
Student A: You are William Wallace. Tell Student B about your wife,
Murron.How did you meet? What happened to her?
Student B: You are Princess Isabel/a. Ask s'tudent B questions
about Murron.

Chapter4

Befare you read

10 At the end of Chapter 3, Princess Isabe
l/a feels very sad. Look at
the picture on page 35. What do you think
is going to happen to
Williarn Wallace and Isabel/a ? Do you Answers for the activities in this book are available from your iocd
think the story wi/1 have a Pearson Education office or contact: Pernmin Readers Mark�ci¡ig Dc:p::inrr.cr,,,
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