The story occurs in the 1950s and it is about boy's gang who decides destroy one of the town old houses, a house that survived The Blitz (the Nazi bombing of Britain). The house is owned by Mr. Thomas but the boys call him Old Misery. They decides that the destruction of the house should take place when Old Misery is gone for the Bank holiday weekend, but when he is back early the boys locks him into the outhouse. T, the boys leader refuses to stop untill the destruction is complete "because even the facade is valuable and could be reused."Inside the house the boys finds a mattress filled with money but instead of taking it they burn it the destruction is final when a parked lorry pulls away a support pole from the side of the house and Mr. Thomas is released by the lorry's driver, left with only the ruins and dust that once was his home.
I first came by the story when watching one of my fave movies Donnie Darko - this story is like the movie very dark but it also intails hope. Hope that no matter how dark everything around you seems there is always a glimmer of light and "destruction is a a form of creation".
I hope you will read the short story, maybe even watch the movie and enjoy the both as much as me :)
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