On a beautiful crystal clear night, Caleb took Lucy to their favorite spot. After watching the sunrise together, Caleb got down on one knee and popped the “big question.”
“Lucy, we have been dating for awhile now and I know that you are the only one for me,” said Caleb. “Will you be my wife?”
Extremely excited, Lucy jumped up and down and replied with a huge “yes!”
After the two celebrated and drowned each other with hugs, Lucy sat down and had a very serious look in her eyes. Caleb immediately noticed and sat down next to her.
“Is something wrong?” asked Caleb.
“Before you decide to marry me, there is something I need to tell you,” said Lucy.
“You can tell me anything,” responded Caleb.
“I am immortal,” said Lucy. “I cannot die.”
Wide-eyed and in shock, Caleb did not know how to respond. Lucy was afraid this would happen so she quickly started sharing her biggest secret with her soon-to-be husband.
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A few years ago, Lucy and her mother, Mary, decided to take a trip to heaven for the annual “Feast Among the Stars” celebration. Mary and Lucy put their favorite dresses on, because you never know whom you will meet in heaven, and took a cloud taxi there. Once they reached heaven, they bought tickets to the feast and entered the large, golden castle.
Inside the castle, Lucy and Mary met thousands of famous people and got to catch up with old friends. Once the angels strummed their harps, everyone took their places at the ginormous table and dug in.
The feast had every kind of food you could ever imagine! Lucy and Mary found themselves indulging in seafood paella, chicken fried rice, fried green tomatoes, fresh French toast, crab legs, shrimp sushi rolls, smoked turkey legs, garlic mashed potatoes and vegetable lasagna. After eating their massive meal, Lucy felt sick and made a run for the bathroom.
Lucy opened what she thought was a bathroom door and threw herself inside.
“Who are you?” asked the cupboard fairy.
“My name is Lucy and I am here for the annual feast,” said Lucy. “I am sorry for bothering you. I was looking for the bathroom because I do not feel well.”
“I can fix that!" said the fairy. “Here are some freshly picked cherries from the heaven’s garden. They will make you feel better instantly!”
Without questioning the fairy, Lucy ate the cherry and immediately felt better. Lucy thanked the kind creature and made her way back to the feast.
After dessert, which included zesty lemon bars, roasted pears, poppy seed cake, sugar plum tarts, peanut butter bars, banana pudding and min chocolate brownies, Lucy and her mother decided it was time to head home.
Almost a year had passed by and it was Lucy’s 23rd birthday. Lucky woke up and went on her daily morning run across the Milky Way. As she was passing Pluto, something flew out of nowhere and hit her right in the middle of her face!
Inside the castle, Lucy and Mary met thousands of famous people and got to catch up with old friends. Once the angels strummed their harps, everyone took their places at the ginormous table and dug in.
The feast had every kind of food you could ever imagine! Lucy and Mary found themselves indulging in seafood paella, chicken fried rice, fried green tomatoes, fresh French toast, crab legs, shrimp sushi rolls, smoked turkey legs, garlic mashed potatoes and vegetable lasagna. After eating their massive meal, Lucy felt sick and made a run for the bathroom.
Lucy opened what she thought was a bathroom door and threw herself inside.
“Who are you?” asked the cupboard fairy.
“My name is Lucy and I am here for the annual feast,” said Lucy. “I am sorry for bothering you. I was looking for the bathroom because I do not feel well.”
“I can fix that!" said the fairy. “Here are some freshly picked cherries from the heaven’s garden. They will make you feel better instantly!”
Without questioning the fairy, Lucy ate the cherry and immediately felt better. Lucy thanked the kind creature and made her way back to the feast.
After dessert, which included zesty lemon bars, roasted pears, poppy seed cake, sugar plum tarts, peanut butter bars, banana pudding and min chocolate brownies, Lucy and her mother decided it was time to head home.
Almost a year had passed by and it was Lucy’s 23rd birthday. Lucky woke up and went on her daily morning run across the Milky Way. As she was passing Pluto, something flew out of nowhere and hit her right in the middle of her face!
Confused and startled, Lucy screamed.
“SHHHHHH!” said the fairy. “I am not supposed to be here!”
“What are you doing on this side of the galaxy?” asked Lucy.
“It is your birthday so I thought I should give you a gift,” said the Fairy.
“What kind of gift?” asked Lucy.
“Well… I kind of already gave it to you!” said the Fairy laughing. “I gave you the gift of eternal life when I gave you my magical cherry at the feast.”
Shocked and confused, Lucy did not know how to respond. The fairy made Lucy swear not to tell anyone of the gift she had received. Ever since that day, Lucy had kept the fairy’s secret.
“So… do you have anything to ask?” said Lucy. “I understand if you do not want to marry me anymore.”
“You are crazy, of course I still want to marry you!” exclaimed Caleb.
Six months later, the young couple got married and went on a honeymoon to a cloud right outside of heaven’s gates. When they arrived to their hotel room, they had a gift waiting for them. The couple opened the box and inside was a single red cherry. Next to the cherry was a note that read:
The end.
“SHHHHHH!” said the fairy. “I am not supposed to be here!”
“What are you doing on this side of the galaxy?” asked Lucy.
“It is your birthday so I thought I should give you a gift,” said the Fairy.
“What kind of gift?” asked Lucy.
“Well… I kind of already gave it to you!” said the Fairy laughing. “I gave you the gift of eternal life when I gave you my magical cherry at the feast.”
Shocked and confused, Lucy did not know how to respond. The fairy made Lucy swear not to tell anyone of the gift she had received. Ever since that day, Lucy had kept the fairy’s secret.
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“So… do you have anything to ask?” said Lucy. “I understand if you do not want to marry me anymore.”
“You are crazy, of course I still want to marry you!” exclaimed Caleb.
Six months later, the young couple got married and went on a honeymoon to a cloud right outside of heaven’s gates. When they arrived to their hotel room, they had a gift waiting for them. The couple opened the box and inside was a single red cherry. Next to the cherry was a note that read:
“This is for Caleb, now you both can live happily ever after.”
Caleb ate the cherry and the two became inseparable forever. Not even death could do them part. The end.
Author's Note:
For my story, I got the “magical cherry” idea from The Monkey King Unit. This idea came from the story named “The Queen Mother of the West.” In this story, the Queen Mother of the West has a magical peach farm. Every three thousand years, the queen’s fairies would pick her magical peaches. The queen would then hold a huge feast and invite all of the Gods and Goddesses to share them with her.I loved the idea of a “magical fruit” and decided to incorporate into my story. Just like the ape in the Monkey King Unit, I wanted one of my characters to become immortal. Therefore, I combined these two mystical elements and created my own fairy tale by creating the "magical cherry."
In addition to the magical fruit, I also got the idea of living on a star from the Monkey King Unit. In many of these stories, the magical ape would travel by clouds. I loved the idea of soaring through the sky so I decided to add it to my own story.
Overall, I wanted to incorporate a “hidden message” within my story, In many of the stories I read this week, I found myself finding hidden life morals. For my particular story, I wanted to show my readers that “true love wins.” Although Caleb knew his wife was immortal, he loved her anyways and married her. At the end, the fairy granted his loyalty and made him immortal as well.
Bibliography:
My story idea came from the story "The Queen Mother of the West" in the Monkey King Unit. These stories come from the "Ape Sun Wu Kung" in the Chinese Fairy Book written by R. Wilhelm in 1921.
This is by far one of my favorite stories that I have read from anyone so far this semester. I loved how you made lots of subtle changes but that they still allowed to stay true to the original story's elements. I couldn't predict a single thing that happened in your story and I thought that was so cool because it kept me interested up to the very end. It made me smile in the end when they opened the box and it was a cherry for Caleb. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteMatty, I really liked this story! I liked how you made it so that Caleb could join Lucy in living together forever! I also liked how you used a lot of the elements from the original story but tweaked them a little bit. I look forward to reading more of your work for this class. What a great and vivid story!
ReplyDeleteI love how you combined multiple ideas from different stories into this story! I also really like romance stories so I really enjoyed this one. I wasn't expecting the ending at all, but I like that you created a happy ending where they could live happily ever after. I wish I could go on a vacation to heaven, that would be awesome.
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