My entry to A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words contest

jyoti-thelight (79)in Freewriters • yesterday

Hi, I am Jyoti from India. I like to participate in the contest : A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words so let's see what I bring here.

When I watch this movie, I think they are friends and walking. At the same time, they are fit even though they are old, so it seems that they must have been athletes. So, I imagined that and wrote the story below. I hope you like it.

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Shyam and Ravi are retired football players. Shyam is walking here at 60 with his best buddy Ravi with their childhood memories, and they can’t stop laughing about our childhood football escapades. Back in the day, they were just two kids from the block with dreams of scoring goals and lifting trophies—nothing could stand in their way... except maybe a ruthless rival team.

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At that time, a tournament was held in their town, in which many teams participated, and a bad team also played. These guys were like bullies on the field. Instead of playing fair, they tried to knock the opponent team players down instead of the ball. Thus, Shyam's team lost the match at the playoff level. But rather than retaliate or get discouraged, Shyam and Ravi dug deep. They practiced tirelessly and played with heart.

However, they won other matches played with other teams. Then the time came to take revenge. Yes, Shyam's team and the bullies became finalists of the tournament. Jayam and Ravi had both come to a decision. Winning the trophy was not their aim. Their aim was to teach this team of bullies a lesson. Both had come with an oath.

In these intervening days, they had learned a lot. They realized that there was politics in sports besides sports. They had learned how to escape from the attacker more carefully than to hit, and at the same time, they had learned how to be skillful with one hand. their mental strength was much greater than his physical strength.

Since this was a final match, the teams and players were introduced before the match started. Then, Captain Shyam and the opposing team's captain had to shake hands. At that moment, the opposing team's captain squeezed Shyam's hand aggressively, symbolically confirming that they would defeat them. All the opposing team looked at Shyam's team with disdain and stood in the pride of winning because they had won once already.

The match started with neither team able to score a goal in the first half as the opposition were intent on attacking them. However, Shyam team was able to escape from them without hitting them back and waiting for the right moment to come.

In the next half, the opposition got tired of not being able to beat them and not being able to score a goal. At the same time, the shyam team was playing with great confidence. At that moment, they showed their full potential and started scoring goals.

The final score? 6-0 in Shyam's favor!

Those six goals weren’t just numbers; they represented hard work, resilience, and teamwork. In that moment, THEY realized that sometimes the most significant victories come from staying true to yourself—even when others don’t.