David and Goliath
Author's Note:
Everyone knows
David and Goliath but does anyone that there are more of them in this world than
the ones in the Bible. I am to tell you about both I met before. This is their
story.
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One day during a
hard-fought battle in a long drawn out war, two generals of both sides decided to
end the war with a single combat match. So they met on the battlefield with
their truce flags in hand.
‘General Max, we
decided a single combat match to end the war’, said the General of the Blue
Army.
‘Aye, General Min,
we agreed. Too many have died in the battle and we gain nothing from it’, said
the General of the Red Army.
‘So how should we start
this combat?’ asked General Max. And so the negotiations took place, carried on
over the days and nights as they cannot agree to one single combat match rules
and regulation. Accusations and defamatory statements are made but neither will
yield to the other. And of course, the meals were served in accordance to one’s
request, or they would have died of thirst or starvation. Finally, they agreed.
So they went back to their lines and to select their champion. On the Red
lines, General Min spoke to his weary men who are lying on the ground, in dire
thirst and hunger, while holding onto their shields and lances.
‘I have conferred with the
General Max of the Blue Army, that we will decide this war, by fighting one
last battle. That battle will be a single combat fight to the dead. Whoever wins,
will be the winner of this war. There will be only one match and we need to
find a champion.’ So the men sat down to discuss and like their General; they
could not agree to a champion. Even fights broke up among them to select the best
of the best. Sadly, some died in the fights, and still, no champion was found;
the so-called last champion died from his wounds before they can declare his
champion. The scene was the same on the Blue lines, fights for the coveted
position also occurred.
Finally, the weary
soldiers on Red Line sat down and decided to pull straws to decide the
champion. But the question was where do you find straws in the heap of amour
and swords. Even a blade of grass was considered a miracle in the making. But
someone did, he took it from the horses' bales and distributed the straws. But
that did not suffice as they could not determine which to used; long or short,
and every time someone declared he's got it, someone accused him of cheating.
And finally, General Min sighed in defeat and walked over to the Blue lines,
and he saw his counterpart also walking to him, in the same mode of drawn down
shoulders. They met at the truce point and sat down for a drink.
‘I declared myself
to lose this war, as my men cannot decide a champion at all.’, said General Min
as he reached for his sword to hand over to the other General. To his
surprised, General Max told him the same of his men. So the two Generals looked
at each other and said in unison;’ Shall we just called it off as a no-win or
lose situation. Then we can all go home. I am tired of fighting for any cause.’
So they shook
hands and threw their swords and amour. Before they part, General Max asked his
counterpart;’ Can I have your name please?’
‘It's Min Davi, as
my dad thinks I am too small as a kid. What’s yours?’
‘It's Max Goliath,
as my dad thinks I am too big as a kid. But today, neither of us is small or
big, we are equal. We just learned to live together for peace. Something which
we will need to teach our men that big or small, we are still men in this
world. And we should not look to be a champion of all when all are champions in
their way. We shall learn to live as equal.’
So a new war
began; a war against inequality and not about ego.
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