This s a really simple (badly written, stupid) story I wrote for Chinese class (which is why it sounds a bit like a children’s story, I suppose).

Every morning, a bright light rose into the sky – it was the sun. It crossed the skies from East to West and beneath it, everything was warm and joyful.

It was joined during the day by the prince of the sun who watched over the day. At the end of the day, they would both sink into the sea and rest until the next day.

Then, as the moon would rise into the skies every evening, another would catch a glimpse of the prince. The princess of the moon was very different to the prince of the sun – she was calm and mysterious.

Although the princess was accompanied by the moon and the stars every night, the more she saw the sun price, the more she wanted to meet him. She became sad and lonely, so the moon decided to arrange a meeting between them.

One day, while the sun was still high in the sky, the moon rose, and along with her, came the princess. The princess was then able to meet the prince, and they sat by a lake for hours, talking and sharing stories.

Then, when it was time to leave, the two realised that they did not want to part. They spoke with the sun and the moon, asking them for advice on what to do, and they finally reached an agreement.

The prince asked the princess to stay with him forever, to marry him, and she agreed. Every day from that moment on, the moon would be present in the sky for most of the day so that the prince and the princess could be together.

Then once a month, the moon would disappear from the skies completely and would spend that night visiting the princess who now lives in a grand castle with the prince.

Note: I found this on an old DVD of mine. The creation date was 2007/04/03 – a little something from my HSC year.

Picking myself up from the ground, I gazed around at my surroundings – the silver sky above, the long green grass, the olive forest off in the distance – it all seemed so serene bathed in the soft light.

Why was I there? Where was there? I did not know, but that was not a cause for concern, for the emotion that had swept over me was a strange tranquillity. It was a peaceful feeling, like that which one feels after having returned home following an absence that had been for far too long.
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Tick tick.

Tick tick.

The sound at the traffic lights was barely audible above the noise of the busy city street – the cars rushing by, the people laughing and chatting incessantly, the woman on the corner preaching some new order, the man outside the station entrance playing the guitar beside his dog, the salespeople standing outside stores with microphones. When you are in such a rush, time seems to slow and yet you fail to notice these things – they simply are faded into the background and ignored.

Yet you notice the ticking, holding you back, reminding you to wait until the time is right. You stand there, waiting for the sudden increase in ticking and transformation of the light to depict the green walking man. It is almost as if the green walking man will set you free, opening the barriers holding you back so you can race forward. Forward to the ext intersection, and the next, however many it takes until you get to your destination.
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Once upon a time there was a wonderful kingdom known as Elu, ruled by a very wise and noble king known as Mai Sama. Everybody in the kingdom spent their days in happiness as the kingdom had been blessed by a celestial being upon Mai Sama’s ascension of the throne. However, the road to becoming a much loved and famous king had not been easy for Mai Sama, and this is his story..