Short Stories on Hope – Soldiers in the battle

In the middle of the vast forest, a battle was going on between two armies. One army was outnumbered in terms of soldiers by the other.

The General of the small army decided to launch an attack as he was confident that they could win the battle. So, he called his Lieutenant and told him to get soldiers ready for the fight.


The Lieutenant called all the soldiers and informed them about the plan of attack on the enemy army.

Soldiers were ready to battle. But they had fears and doubts as they were low in numbers compared to the enemy army.

The day for the battle came. General knows about the doubts of his soldiers.

When they were on the way to the battle, General told all his soldiers to halt at a religious shrine for prayer.

After the prayer, General stood in front of his soldiers with a coin in his hand and said, “With faith in destiny, I will now toss the coin, if its heads, we will win, and if its tails we will lose.”

General tossed the coin, and it was head.

Soldiers were happy and filled with confidence going into the battle.

They went to the battle and executed their plan perfectly with the fearsome attack against the enemy soldiers. The enemy army was taken back by the kind of attack from the small army.

Finally, the small army won the battle.

After the battle, the Lieutenant told the General, “As the destiny showed us through the toss of the coin, we won the battle. So, no one can change the destiny”.

General smiled and showed Lieutenant the coin, which had heads on both sides.


Moral of the story:

Hope is like a light at the end of a dark tunnel. If we believe in ourselves and light at the end, we can confidently travel the tunnel.

Hope and believing in ourselves will lead to positive results in our life.


sources: https://winnersstory.com/short-stories-hope-1/

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