Millions

Millions
A different ending by Delfina Mateo

Damian and his brother Anthony decided to divide the money they found into four equal parts. Their father wanted to spend it on buying a big beautiful house in Connecticut, USA, while Anthony wanted to spend it on buying an expensive toy-cars collection. But Damian wanted to donate his part to an orphan kids charity organization. Their father’S girlfriend called Dorothy wished to spend it on her and the boyS´  father' S wedding. So one month later, the family moved to USA and Damian and Anthony' S  father married Dorothy in a fantastic ceremony. Soon they had a baby and they called him Taylor.

Damian who was a very special boy finally convinced his father to build a little chapel at the back of his garden and he put some of his mother´s photographs on the walls and three saint figures to decorate the altar.

Now Damian could visit his mother every day and he could talk to her. 

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An alternative ending by Bautista Sanjurjo

      Anthony and I had seven days to spend all the money. We were at home thinking about how to spend all the money: I wanted to spend the money on something we both were proud of, but Anthony just wanted to buy TVs, mp3, playstation etc. I was still afraid about the thieves of the train and all that.

                  

     The next day, as it was Saturday, we went to the park as usual and we saw a strange tall man with a long white beard who was staring at us. I was a bit scared, so I told Anthony and he told me just to ignore him, so I did. We were on our way back home and the stranger had his eyes on my brother and me. We arrived home and Dad was there with Dorothy watching the news with her. We discovered  the stranger´s car next to the house, but this time he was with another man.

     Anthony´s birthday was close, and we wanted to prepare an awesome birthday party for him because we wanted to spend a lot of money on that. We had now five days left to spend all the money and Anthony's birthday was in two days. We prepared all for the party, it was a huge cost.

     The day of the party arrived with three days left. The party was in a place called ¨The Luxury Life¨. Before going to the party we left the money in a closet, inside a box, because we didn't have a safe. We arrived at the party that started at 8:00 pm and finished at 12:00 am, we danced, ate and there was an awesome Dj, we had a great time there. We were on our way back home  and there was a lot of traffic. We  arrived home and directly went to sleep. Next morning we went to look for the money, but the money wasn't there, we were in shock. Anthony went upstairs angry and sad. I followed him and told him that the money brought us a lot of problems and he remembered all the problems then, so he felt better. I told him, ¨This was the best adventure of our lifes.¨

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Millions
A diary entry by Sofia Celaa

December 24th,

                    Today has been a long day. We went to the bank to change the money. We divided ourselves into groups, Dad and Anthony and Dorothy and I. Dad and Anthony went to the banks on the south side of Deansgate and Dorothy and I went to the ones on the north side. In all the banks, Dorothy and I went to put a little bit of pressure on the woman on the counter, I pretended that I had to pee. It worked in all the banks we went to except for Co-Op because they had a customer toilet. We also went to the bank inside Kendal´s, where Mum used to work. I used to love going there to fetch her.

                    At night, I lay in my bed waiting for my phone to ring. Actually, I was waiting for it to vibrate because I set it to vibrate so I wouldn´t wake up the others. Suddenly, my phone shook. It was Glass Eye, in the video screen, he whispered, “Ten minutes”. I went down to get the money. When I went through the front door, I heard some voices; I thought it was Glass Eye. I was scared, but I opened the door anyway. It was a man with three little girls. They were asking for money. I gave them the money, but when they left I realized there were hundreds of people outside asking for money. It was insane. I still cannot believe the amount of people standing outside the door. They even woke Dad up. It was crazy and scary at the same time.

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Millions
An alternative ending by Ignacio Vallier

 “What will we do with the money?” said the Dad.

“I don’t know”, said Anthony.

“And if we burn the money?  It brings a lot of problems to us,” said Dorothy.

Everybody accepted what Dorothy said but Dad didn’t, he thought that they would need it in the future and that would be bad to burn the money. Because of that, everyone started thinking again. Damian had an idea for no one to grow suspicious. They would go to live to one island in the middle of the sea of the Caribbean Sea. They would buy it in Dorothy’s name to not grow any suspicions from the policemen and Glass Eye.

It was a very difficult decision because they would have to leave all their family and friends, but it was a good idea, so they entered into the internet and bought the passports.

Finally, one special island appeared but they would have to spend all the money that they still had in the bag. Anyway, that was what they wanted so they did it. After that, they went to live to that island and people never heard about them again. 

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MILLIONS
A DIFFERENT ENDING BY MARKO JAUREGUI

Where the story takes a different turn:    

We are in Damian’s room at the moment when Glass Eye enters. He is about to threaten Damian to give him the money and then escape. But instead of that, this happens…

   

Glass Eye entered Damian’s room while he was looking out the window. He was about to speak when Dad came through the door. Dad saw Glass Eye, and with a nervous look on his face, he quickly took a look around the room.  Against a wall, he saw Damian’s baseball bat.  He grabbed it and swiftly hit Glass Eye on the face, very hard.  Glass Eye was knocked out.

“What the hell is happening and who was that guy?!” asked Dad.

“I don’t know, but I’m sure he wanted the money,” answered Damian.

“What money?” asked Dad.

“A few days ago I found 229.000 pounds in my hermitage when I told God that Mom is dead…” said Damian nervously.

“229.000 pounds! Oh my God! Why didn’t you tell me before?” asked Dad.

“Because Anthony told me that 40% of the money would have to be paid as taxes. So we didn’t want to tell you because the government would find out,” answered Damian.

“Don’t worry, there would still be a lot left. Now, we have to worry about this man, and then we’ll think about the money,” said Dad.

            So Dad called the police and they took Glass Eye away.  Then, he told Dorothy all about the money.  They talked about what the best thing to do would be.

Finally, they decided that they would have to give back the money to the government because it wasn’t honest to use money that wasn’t theirs.

So they returned the money. Damian and his brother realised that they did not need so much money to be happy.  And things got even better when Dad and Dorothy got married a short time after.  Life was not the same as before.  It was better. 

The End

Millions

Millions
Diary entries by Bernardita Raggio 

March 17th,

            Today I was so stressed out, we were out all day out doing things.

           

            We were going to the bank to change most of the money to Euros. We went to the bank Previa driving toward Manchester. We split up, I went with Dorothy and Anthony with Dad. Also before going to the bank, Dad bought a new car! He was so happy! We were all celebrating! It was the best day but also a very crazy day.

March 18th,

            Today was a very weird day. I am very confused about angels. People are not angels and when you die, you do not become an angel.

            At night, I opened the door because someone was knocking. It was a man with three girls, he was asking me to give him money so he could buy them a gift. But then I saw that many people were coming towards me. After a while, I took the bag full of cash and went to the railways. Glass Eye rang me up but I threw the phone to the ground. I could see the police arriving at the house. He had a lot of money. The cops walked around the house. Anthony explained everything to me. Dad had tried to explain to them why all these people thought he had loads of money; Dad said that he didn’t know, that someone must be saying those things about him. Anthony said the money was upstairs. Glass Eye pushed him forward. Anthony went with him to his bedroom. The police arrived at the room and they talked. I actually don’t really know what they were talking about.

March 19th,

            I am very proud of myself for doing that, I mean for burning the money.

           

            I was next to the tracks with the money. I had thirteen minutes till the next train came by. I had taken a box of matches from the kitchen. I tried to light one. I burned the money. I stopped and saw her .She was sitting so I was shocked. Her skin was prettier than ever. She wasn’t wearing make-up. I said that I tried to be good, but the money just makes everything worse. She said:”Two minutes, okay? I am your mother after all and I’m dead, so I know what I’m talking about, all right” I won’t write it all, but I had a pretty nice talk with her. At the end, I hugged her. I was really happy more than ever. It was nice to see her. I’ll miss her.

            I was so, so happy to see my mother again that I have no words to describe it. I think it was a great experience and I am so grateful for being where I am.

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Millions
A diary entry by Maria Martire

December 15th,

A few days ago a backpack somehow appeared in my hermitage. When I opened it to see what was in it ,I discovered that it was full of money. 229.370 pounds! We were rich!

Immediately, I told Anthony everything that I knew about the money. No one knew how it got there. I believed the Saints had sent the money to help us. But Anthony did not believe me.

I was not sure about using the money, but Anthony was certain we should spend it on us. I thought we should buy a house. However, they wouldn´t let me because I am too young, and I couldn´t have so much money.

After some days, a woman came to our school. She told us, she was collecting money to help the poor. Each one of us could help with what we had, however little it was. I put 1.000 pounds in the pot.

However, although I donated 1.000 pounds I still feel that we should not be spending this money. It is not ours. What should I do? I am sure my mother would know what to do to help us.

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Millions
A diary entry by Constanza Benini

March 20^th ,

Today was a very strange day. I think it was a day of decisions, really hard decisions. But I really think that money gives us lots of problems.

Today lots of people were on our front door, and it was really exhasperating being there in front of millions of people asking us for money. I was there waiting for Glass Eye to come, he could be there among hundreds of people.

I had to make a really big decision, and when I was thinking of doing it Glass Eye called me and I grabbed the big bag of money, dropped my phone and ran to the railway tracks. That moment was exhausting, with Glass Eye on the phone yelling at me and me wanting to burn all the money. I ran with the big bag across the railway, and when I got there I put the big bag of money on the railway and burnt it and really, I felt a big relief. And then my mom appeared, I know it was just a dream but it felt real. The fire was bigger than I, I could see the body of my mom across the fire, we talked about two minutes, but those two minutes felt very real to me. Then Anthony arrived and told me that he didn´t see mom, then he instantly told Dad about burning the money. Then Dorothy put on her coat and gave us a little part of the money because she kept some back for herself but s he gave it to us. Then she went. Then with a Little part of the money we built wells in Nigeria. I feel very pleased.

Well I don´t know but I think I made a good choice, but tomorrow I’ll see.

Skellig

Skellig
A diary entry by Marina Taquini

March 2^nd,

          What’s going on? It is my recurring question as the days pass. My life has changed completely from one day to  the other. My fears are growing so quickly. Here is not the best place. I know it is not the place I imagined, I’m not comfortable here. I think I am going to lose all, Skellig, my baby sister…

           The day I entered the garage I knew that the only way was to help Skellig or escape. When I met Skellig I didn´t know who or what  it was: a man, a bird or an angel but I decided to help him anyway.

                     On the one hand, I was scared because Skellig could hurt me and on the other hand I could put myself on Skellig shoes and I imagined myself in a garage, amid all the boxes, spiders. Awful! In that place I would like someone to help me. With all my scary feelings, I decided to help it anyway.

                The days passed and I feel more closed to Skellig, I think he is part of my life, my family.

                  I also met Mina, Mina is very enthusiastic and I think she will help me. Today we went to help Skellig and she thought of moving it to the attic, we will do that because she knows a lot about animals, specially birds, but she doesn´t go to school, she learns alone in her house, her mother teaches her.

I am nervous because of tomorrow.

Skellig

Skellig 
Alternative ending by Franco Valerga

        “Michael,” he started, “she is gone.”

        His voice crumbled while finishing the phrase. Mum could barely stand still. She couldn’t stop crying. And I guess so did I, or at least that’s what I wanted to.

        The drive to the house was nothing but silence. I could only hear Mum’s sobbing.

        “What happened to her?” I broke the silence, “wasn’t she getting better?”

        “She was, but in a blink of an eye machines started peeping, nurses arrived and…”

        And I didn’t want to listen anymore because I knew what was next. It’s happened, she wasn’t with us anymore. And I couldn’t bare it.

        Days still passed. Another day, another day in the darkness of my room. I lost contact with Mina, with my school friends, with Skellig… I don’t really know if he is okay or dead like my baby sister.

        “Michael, get up,” Mum seems better now. At least I don’t hear her crying at night anymore, “Mina is here”

        She is by the door. She hasn’t changed at all, because not much time has passed, it’s just that it has felt like eternity to me.

        We left to Mina’s apartment to look for Skellig. I opened the door and there he was. He looked so much better than last time.

        “I already know about the baby,” he is giving his back to us now, but I think he is crying, “ I am sorry, I couldn’t save her”

        Mina and I exchange looks. I couldn’t save her?  What did he mean by that?

        “I understand if you are confused, just don’t be afraid. I wasn’t in that garage by chance. It was my mission to save her, and I failed,” Mina seems so confused. “I am a kind of angel sent to save lives.”

        “And what happened with the last owner of the house? Ernie Myers, was he?”

        Skellig stopped to think. He returned to us and said,” He wasn’t like you. You saved me when I had done nothing for you, besides I wasn’t kind at all.”

        I remember entering the garage, the bluebottles, the dust. I remember him, lying on the floor, all hungry and dirty. I remember the first time I saw his wings spread, almost magical. “And what is next?”

        “Now I should leave… to my next mission. Saving people is what I do. Just like you two did with me. Someday I will see you again, I promise.”

        Skellig spread his wings and flew through the window. The moon lit his perfect wings. As he disappeared into the night I swore not to ever forget him.

Three years later…

Skellig

        I heard someone coming. It must be the new owner. The dust in this basement is bothering me so much

        “What is this place?” I hear someone says. It is a boy’s voice. I hear his footsteps approaching…

        His face of amusement was beyond description, “ Who are you? Is there anything I could do for you, man?

        “Just one thing, little boy. 27 and 53” I say, remembering one little boy I met years ago…

Skellig

A diary entry by Ignacio Guastavino

Skellig

March 21st,

OH MY GOD! I cannot believe what I found today at the garage! It’s weird and incredible at the same time. I still don´t know what it is. The only thing I know is that this “thing” is rotten, weak and it’s asking me for 27 & 53 all the time. I feel bad for him. I should really help it someday…oh…and I met this girl called Mina. I like her, she’s nice. I´m confused about all of this, all that has happened to me these past weeks. This new house…I…don’t…I don’t have to forget about the baby. I´m worried and scared. I don´t know what to do for her anymore. I don´t like Dr.Death at all. It seems like he doesn´t know anything about being a doctor. I didn´t go to school today…I still need to solve my problems at home. Ah, Mina taught me how to listen carefully to nature. I feel happy and safe with Mina. She is the only person who understands me. My friends are asking me to go back to school. Coot and Leaky, I miss them…no…no, I need to stay strong, for my own good. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a dream. Am I dreaming…?

Skellig

Skellig 
A new ending by Dion Cifre

“I was thinking of mina because five minutes ago I was playing with her when suddenly I started to think about her on a lovely way in the first time of my life. She hears me all the time, she helps me in all the thing I need help like when she took Skellig away from my garage, and she is so cute with me. I wish one day  I could be something else for her than just a friend. When I grow up I want to marry her. I am going to make her the luckiest girl in the world because that how she is doing things with me…But I don ´t know what is going to happen with Skellig. What is he doing now, may be he is with another family, maybe he is flying all around the world, maybe he is …. “ WHILE HE WAS THINKING ABOUT HER, HIS MOM ARRIVED HOME AND TWO SECONDS LATER ….

“ OH MY GOD !!”  SHE SHOUTED AND ALL THE FAMILY IN A SECOND WERE AROUND THE BABY “She said mum and started to breathE “ Suddenly someone was knocking on the door. It was him, Skellig. Michael and Skellig started to talk and skellig said “ I ´ll there for you all your life “ and at that moment he flew away off the window.

Chapter 47

TWENTY TWo YEARS LATER, MICHAEL AND MINA GoT MARRIED AND  they lived together and had a baby. One day Michael and his son were playing football when the ball went into the garage. Michael ´s son Joaking, went to get it when he ran  out shouting so scared from the garage and said to Michael, “ Daddy,  there is an old man in the garage. He is so strange”…

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Millions Diary entries by Magdalena Leeson

March 17^th,             Today was a day, a long, long  day!!! But with a marvelous ending.  Off we went, Daddy, Anthony, Dorothy and I to the best car Agency in the city. There it was, the most beautiful make of a car, THE PREVIA!! The price…was extremely expensive, but why worry? We have the money. We bought the car. There we were in the most beautiful speedy car, I can’t believe that Daddy was driving a car again. The next step THE BANK… The queue was extremely long so Anthony suggested going to the Bureau. But Dorothy proposed to split up: Daddy and Anthony to the banks in the South  of Manchester and I and Dorothy to the North. Finally we went and queued up in a bank. When we reached the window there was a problem because it was too much money so the cashier called the supervisor, who gave as the amount of euros. From there on, we went to various banks and did the same which was a great success. I am in a hurry I need to go.    March 18^th,                    Today was a very peculiar day, stressful and scary……...Poor me, they kept knocking on the door for the money I donated. It was a dark night when everything started. An old man with two little girls, got some money, when they left I saw hundreds of people due to the bright light  so I ran up stairs and took the bag and escaped through the window and then Glass Eye appeared when the police came  because the neighbors complained of the noise . I have to stop writing because Anthony needs to talk with me.March 19^th,                   This was the best best day ever!! Thank you Mother. I ran and ran to the railway track and there I tipped the money, lots and lots… And tried to set fire with the matches I had taken from the kitchen. It took some minutes to light it up when the flames grew higher and higher and believe it or not my Mom appeared shiny and perfect… was it a dream? No! There she was loving and sweet asking me to look after Anthony and Dad because I was her miracle. The train went past and she was still there and asked me to hug her good bye. When the crowd came, they realized there was no more money….It was mommy!