Once upon a time there was a medieval author who wrote short stories that were distributed throughout the kingdom and now it is time to tell you all about his tale of success.

1. During the Medieval Era…

4. After his service was over
 He laid down his arms  The soldier retired.
Dude was prepared huh?

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Time went by slowly, In Every direction one
and the poor solder could see!
soon learned that,
without an enemy to
fight and arms to take
up to protect the
kingdom, life was very
peaceful.

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 He could now walk
through the grass on
the hillside without
worrying about
whether or not an
enemy would see him
if he walked through
it. He could count the
flowers without using
them to hide the
sword.

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 This brought him
more happiness than
he could have
imagined.

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However, he became
restless and
confused. It did not
take him very long to
realize that the others
around him did not
seem to appreciate
the peace and
tranquility the way he
did.

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So, as he had protected
the peace in the past,
he now sought to
protect their
happiness. But, he
asked himself, how
was he to do this?

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One day, he met a
young woman who
was working very
hard. She seemed
very serious.

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He decided to tell her of
the time he was
leading a charge
against enemy
combatants, and as
he drew his sword
from his belt, his
pants fell down. The
young woman began
to laugh.

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The next day, he met a
young man who had
lost the love of his
sweetheart, and he
looked very sad.

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The solder told him of the time that one of
his comrades got a letter from home, on
soft pink paper smelling of perfume, and
discovered that the letter was from his
father, asking him to send home more of
his salary.
The young man laughed, and was again
happy.

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In no time at all, the
solder understood
what it was he could
do.

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He set about his task, First, he wrote down the
and picked up his stories of humorous
pen. He wrote down things he saw, then
all the stories he he wrote the stories
knew. other people had told
him.

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 Whenever he did this,  The pink perfumed
he would add things paper now bore
to make them funnier. insignia with flowers
 As he wrote, the story and butterflies, and
about his pants falling glitter poured into the
down suddenly son’s lap.
involved his
undergarments as
well.

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 Before long, the
soldier realized that
he did not need to
embellish stories he
knew.
 He could make up
ones of his own.

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 He gave the stories to  Soon, he became
the people close to tired of copying the
him. But, the more manuscripts, and had
elaborate his stories to send them to a
became, the more his printer to keep up with
friends showed them demand.
to their friends.

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 “But these are
wonderful!” the printer
said. “Think of all the
happiness these can
bring!” The printer
took the stories to the
King and Queen.

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 “We want everyone
to read these!” they
declared. Together
they went to visit the
poor solder, who sat
writing his stories.

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 “We are going to print
three-hundred-million
copies of these
stories, and give you
a gold coin for every
single copy. That
way, everyone in the
kingdom can read
them and be happy!”

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 The soldier thanked
them kindly, and took
the money.
 He never stopped
writing stories, and
the people continued
to be happy.

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 He still writes his
stories to this day,
only now he writes
them on a pristine
beach with his pen in
one hand, and an
umbrella drink in the
other.

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