" This bear, my son, has been in our family for a very long time," his dad said, smiling. "It was given to my dad by his dad, your great-grandfather. You see, your great-grandfather was a soldier during the war. One day, he found this bear in an old house. The house—and the family who lived there—were lost because of the war, but the bear was all that was left. Your great-grandfather decided to take it with him, and he named it Hope."