1 Thing Could Change Your Life

Dan Wilson is one of the richest stock market brokers in the past decade. Mr. Wilson never knew how much money he had or how much he was spending, all he knew was he could do anything he wanted. He would spend thousands of dollars a day on stuff he didn't even need he just loved to spend his money. Mr. Wilson never donated money because he believes that people should work for their own money and not take in other peoples money. Mr. Wilson wasn't very liked but everybody had to deal with him because they all knew that he knew how to make money and make the right decisions.
         Growing up Mr. Wilson was in a very wealthy family. His dad was a successful CEO of a large corporation and his mother was a writer. His mother had many best sellers for three decades being one of the top writers of their time. Mr. Wilson had gone to an expensive private school full of other kids whose parents were well off. He didn't have many friends at his school because he sees others as competition and his way of thinking was that he wanted to be the best. He wasn't a bad kid and rarely got into any trouble, but he was more of a loner always keeping to himself. To this day Mr. Wilson has never been close to anyone and hasn't ever had a serious relationship with a woman. He only seemed to care about was making money which was what made him happy and that nothing else did.
        Mr. Wilson woke up at the same time he always did, doing all his morning routines as he did everyday before work. There was nothing different about this day, he was going into work to make more money for himself. He always walked to work since he only lived a few blocks away from his work. When he got to work he talked to some people asking anybody if they had any inside scoops about the day and what were good trades to make. He decided that this morning he was going to buy some expensive stock in what he thought were sure bets to make profit. The day was going great he already was making profits by selling off some other shares he had owned so he decided around lunchtime he was going to go out for lunch.
        Mr. Wilson walked down the street to a local restaurant called The Kings Restaurant. He ordered a big   burger which they were famous for. After his lunch he walked back towards the office, But when he looked through the front entrance he saw people running around all frantic and yelling. He ran in finding the closest person and grabbing them and asked what happened. He found out the Stock Market was crashing and he better start selling or else he was going to lose millions. Mr. Wilson ran to his computer to check his stocks, and he saw the guy was right all his stocks went down dramatically. He had lost already most of his money in stocks. Mr. Wilson being such a successful trader had put all his money in stock years before which had turned out now to be a bad idea. He thought no way this could happen it had to be a glitch in the system. When he finally realized it was really happening he quickly sold all his stocks for huge losses.
          It was 6 p.m. Mr. Wilson had just gotten back to his apartment and poured himself a drink. He was quite upset, in just one day he had lost nearly all his money. He knew looking around his apartment that his life was going to be dramatically changed. He poured himself a couple more glasses and decided to go to sleep, hoping something would change in the morning.
          He woke up the next morning got ready and decided to head to work a little early to see if there was any news. He got to work hoping somebody was going to tell him all of yesterday was a glitch and that all his money was going to be back. Instead when he got there he found out he was going to have to change his life. He Knew that he would never get that money back and that investing any more money in the market now would just add to his losses. He decided he was going to have to find a new job, find somewhere new to live, since he could no longer afford his lifestyle. He had barely any money left and he had nobody to help him out. His parents had died 7 years earlier in a car crash, and since he didn't have any money left, his rich friends stopped being his friend.
          Since the crash he found a cheap apartment that was a lot less nicer that his old one but it was the only one he could afford. He had to apply for welfare checks to help him get through each day. He turned to alcohol and abused it. He couldn't keep a steady job because of him abusing alcohol and even got arrested for a DUI. Mr. Wilson has now turned into the people he once wished never existed and thought they did it to there selves, that it was easy to get money and nobody deserves welfare. Before this he had never understood this way of life, that the people in his new situation are actually more hard working then the people who are making all the money.
         

Honesty is Always for the Best

It was the Christmas day, and mike was in the worst mood a 9 year old could be in after opening presents. All he wanted for Christmas was a Mp3 Player like all his friends had. He had written to Santa a Month before Christmas so he was sure Santa had Received it. In the Letter he had told Santa about all the good he has done and that he hasn't been in any trouble for the whole year. So when he woke up and ran down the stairs and ripped open all his gifts and saw no Mp3 Player he started to cry. He even thought that maybe the kids at school were right, maybe Santa isn't real! His parents wanted to get him what he wanted they really did but they just didn't have the money to spend this Christmas. Although seeing their son so upset they decided tomorrow they would bring him to the toy store and buy him a small toy of his choosing to try and bring his moral up.
Mike was still upset but the thought of getting another toy lifted his spirits. On the car ride to the toy store he thought about all the different toys he could choose from. But he knew the toy he really wanted he couldn't get. right when the car pulled into the parking spot Mike opened the door and ran into the store to find a new toy. His parents let Mike walk around the store by himself to find a toy. as Mike was walking through the aisles he was drawn to where they had the mp3 players on display. He thought to himself about how he had been a really good kid for the whole year so he really did deserve one. So He grabbed one of the ones from display and put it deep into his pocket. He went up to his parents and brought them a stuffed bear.They payed for the bear and Mike was really scared somebody was going to notice the player in his pocket. He almost lost it when they walked out of the store and the alarm went off but they checked their bag and though it was a mistake so they let the family go.
Mike and his parents got home and he ran right up and locked himself into his room which surprised his parents but they didn't think anything of it. The reason he did lock himself in his room was to go and play and use his new Mp3 player but he knew his parents would yell at him if they found out about it. So he decided he would have to keep it a secret and only use it when he was alone.
Then Mike started to think about what he had done. He knew it was a bad thing but he really wanted it so bad! However he knew he would never be able to look his parents in the eyes. He decided just to go to sleep and his guilt will be gone in the morning. Unfortunately he couldn't even fall asleep he just kept thinking about how much trouble he will be in if they find out. He then started to cry from the situation. Mikes mom and dad heard him crying and came in the room and asked him what's wrong. He told them he couldn't tell them that they would be upset and yell at him. But his dad promised if he was just honest and told the truth that he wouldn't get in any trouble, so he better just come clean now. Mike decided he better just show them so he could get some sleep. So he pulled out an old shoe box from under his bed and opened it up. He gave his dad the Mp3 Player and told his dad and mom that he took it from the toy store. His dad took the Mp3 Player and walked out of his room and told him to get some sleep but nothing else.
The next morning mike woke up not knowing what to expect from his parents during breakfast. His mom called up to him telling him to come down for breakfast. Mike sat down at the table with his head down staring at his cereal. His dad looked at him and said that they were going to the toy store after breakfast to return the toy. Mike was sad but relieved he would of never done it if he knew this is how it was going to turn out.
After breakfast he got into the car with his dad and they drove down to toy store to return the Mp3 Player. They went inside and his dad told him to go up to the owner and tell her what he did and to say he was sorry and give it back to her. Mike was scaredbut he knew he had to do it so he sucked it up and told the owner all about how he wrote to Santa about how good he has been and how bad he wanted a Mp3 Player and that it was the reason he took the one from the toy store. After Mike had finished telling her the story he went to give her it back but instead she said that he should keep it and that every time he uses it he should think about how telling the truth and being honest always is for the better. Mike was so excited he couldn't believe it and thanked her almost a thousand times, he couldn't believe that he now had finally gotten his Mp3 player that he wanted so badly. When he got home Mike told his parents that he would always be honest and good from now on.

My life As a Squirrel

As a squirrel, there are not many things I can do. Mostly I scam old people into feeding me. All they give me though is berries and nuts. Not even good nuts either, but walnuts. After I've gotten my fill, I scamper off down the road to the old oak tree. I am behind on food for the winter months and I'm unsure if I will be able to make it through the cold, frigid winter. As I was just about to go into my hole I heard a noise. What could it be? Another squirrel? An owl? I slowly peeked around the edge and came face to face with an owl! "Don't be afraid" the owl said, "I won't hurt you." I decided I'd be brave and try to befriend the owl so I slowly crept into the hole and stared up at the large owl. He didn't seem so bad but i decided maybe i should just stay away for now. When I woke up in the morning I was surprised to find that my nut stash had doubled! I knew right away that the Mr. Owl had done it. I knew that I would survive the winter with the help and protection of my new friend Mr. Owl.

The Boy and His Dog

It was Christmas Morning when the young Mathew was awoken by a dog bark. Now the Matt didn't think anything of it just thought it was one of the neighborhood dogs outside on a walk around the block with their owners. He had never had a dog his whole life even though he would ask and beg for a puppy every day, but each day his parents said no he wasn't allowed to have one. Matt jumped out of bed being excited thinking about all his presents downstairs. He went to go wake his parents up, because he wasn't allowed downstairs on Christmas until they were up, and to his surprise his parents weren't in their bed. So he yelled for his mommy and daddy which they were downstairs telling him to come down that they have been waiting for him to wake up. He thought this was strange, he had always had to pull and beg his parents out of bed but he didn't care. He ran down the stairs close to falling down the slippery stairs. Right when he turned the corner at the bottom of the stairs a puppy was running to him and jumped right into him knocking on the floor. When the puppy Finally stopped licking his face he sat up and his parents said "This is your present but you have to take care of him or else he has to go back." Matt was so happy and was so busy playing with the dog that he forgot to open any of his other gifts until his parents reminded him that Santa left him a few gifts under the tree. He liked all his other gifts but all he could think about is his new puppy and what he was going to name him. His dad suggested Max, and Matt and his mom agreed that it was a good name. After the rest of the gifts were opened they decided it would be a good time to teach Matt responsibility by letting him feed Max.Matt thought to himself taking care of max was going to be more fun then hard work. As he watched Max eat he couldn't help think about all the adventures they were going to have. From the moment he saw that puppy of his he knew he had a new best friend.