Cupid's Arrow

Short English creative writing story

Once upon a time their was an archer named Jeptha. He lived in a land called Pity because it was an awful land and everyone stole things and hated each other.

          One morning, the king's birthday, Jeptha was hunting for meat for the king's birthday celebration. As Jeptha was walking through the woods near the king's palace, suddenly he saw a deer in front of him standing by a stream. Jeptha shot all of his arrows at the deer but they all missed and landed in the middle of the stream. Discouraged, Jeptha wondered how the get the arrows. Suddenly in the bushes, he saw an old arrow. He picked it up and shot it at the deer. It missed the deer and sailed up into the air as if it was as light as a feather. It flew over the fields, went right through the window of the king's castle and stabbed the king who was asleep early in the morning.

          "Oh I love you!" the king said to his wife as he jumped out of bed and hugged her.

          "Stay away from me!" said his wife. But as soon as she touched the arrow, she fell in love with him. Then the arrow fell out of the window and into the town's well which everyone used for drinking water. As soon as someone took a drink that morning, they fell in love with someone. It was the best birthday the king had ever had.