Towards the end of the semester, I taught my favorite short story "The Stone Boy" to my second graders. Out of all the activities we did involving the story, my favorite was the creative writing assignment of writing an alternate ending to the story.
The following takes place right after Arnold accidentally shot and killed his brother Eugie...
Arnold turned Eugie's body up. He was bleeding from his forehead. And at that moment, Arnold saw a miracle. "Did you shoot me?" Eugie was alive and speaking in an absolutely normal voice!
"Eugie?" Arnold said with wide eyes. His brother brushed his bangs with his hand--it was like the toenail of an animal--and stared at Arnold desperately.
"Okay. Here's my 10-year-old secret. I'm warning you. Don't say anything." Surprised, Arnold just shook his head." Eugie washed away the pool of blood on the ground with a bucket of water. He finished cleaning the site; Arnold felt like a criminal at the site of a crime. Eugie turned around, and stared at Arnold again. His eyes were dark red. "Listen, my brother, I am a vampire. It happened ten years ago. That summer, under the punishing sunlight, I was bitten and caught by someone in the shadows. You know them. They are our mom and dad"
Arnold felt confused. He said and did nothing. And when the brothers came back home, the parents saw Arnold become a stone boy.
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