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We are going to tell a story about Gareth. Gareth is a young boy that lives in Manchester
and he is 20 years old. He lives with his mother, his father and his sister in a house in
Manchester's suburbs and his economic level is low. Gareth is a farmer, he works in a
little comany of the city. He likes football and all weekends he goes to !ld "rafford to
see the team of his life laying.
Gareth is a good, friendly and kindly erson and he hel other eole when he can, but
his economic situation is bad.
However, his arents are very bad and they aren't kindly. "herefore, Gareth is looking
for a chea flat to live alone.
!ne day, Gareth waked u early to go to work. #t was raining very hard on Manchester
and it looked like it wouldn't sto. When he arrived to the comany, his boss told him
that he couldn$t continue working there because he had limited work and little
e%erience.
#n this moment, Gareth was very sad because he didn$t have &ob and money.
!n his way back to home, he was driving slowly because it was raining a lot and also
the car was broken. or that reason, Gareth decided to sto in the roadside and honed a
crane.
When the crane arrived, they went to the abandoned cars deosit and left the car there.
When Gareth was in the scraing, he found a golden bo% that resulted interesting, and
asked the man if he could save the bo%, and the man relied yes.
"he bo% was gold, little and old, but Gareth liked it a lot. Gareth was carrying the bo%
and he ket it in the closet. (fter all this, he cleaned the bo% and ut inside all the
money he had.
"hree days later, Gareth oened the bo% and he found that there was more money than
when he left the bo% days ago. He was surrised and he decided to ut only 20 ounds
into the bo% and took out the rest.
"wo days later, Gareth oened the bo% again and surrisingly instead of having 20
ounds, he had )0.
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Gareth ut into the bo% )0 ounds and, two days later, he looked again and saw that
there wasn't )0 ounds, there was *0. #n that moment, Gareth was conscious of the
imortance of the magic bo%, that multilied the money by two, so he decided to kee it
in secret.
+owadays, he lives in a chea flat in the centre of Manchester. Gareth doesn$t work and
lives with the money he founded in the bo%. He has no artner, but he is hay with the
money acuired by the bo%.
!ne day in summer, Gareth was walking by the centre of Manchester and saw an
announcement. "he announcement says that they were looking for eole to hel oor
children in (frica. Gareth is a good and kindly erson so he thought that heling oor
children could make him feel better.
#n conseuence of it, Gareth took his clothes and his money and decided to go to (frica
and hel oor children. -ecifically, he landed in -omalia. He observed the roblems
that eole suffered in that country, an undeveloed country.
"here he met the country's leaders. He maintained e%tensive meetings with them to
accord the conditions of heling oor eole, Gareth was sure of the conditions that he
offered.
He stayed for two weeks in -omalia. When he came back to Manchester, in the flight,
he met a tall and blond man. "he flight lasted several hours, he took the oortunity to
talk with him, his name was -teven. -teven said to Gareth that he travelled several
times a year to -omalia and he loved heling oor eole. "he feeling between them
was so great that they e%changed their hone numbers.
ater, they coincided several times in Manchester, cause of -teven living in ondon, but
he often visited Manchester, because he had a deal in the city. "hey travelled together a
few times more. "hey establish a very consolidated relationshi.
!ne day, Gareth thought about telling him his big secret, the big secret was the gold
magic bo%. He wasn't sure of telling him, because it was an enormous resonsibility. He
decided not to do it, but they went to a arty and got drunk. Gareth was too high and
very hay, because he had a friend, so he tell him all about the bo%. -teven's reaction
was normal, he didn't forced Gareth to show it, but he asked some uestions like/ where
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and when do you found it, how many money have you earn with the bo%, how many
eole know about the e%istence of the bo%, are you worried, do you trust me. "he
same night, Gareth invited -teven to stay at home that night and show the gold magic
bo%, -teven doubted, but he acceted.
+e%t day, Gareth woke u di11y, alcohol's effects, he was alone at home, -teven had
left. He stood u uickly to check out that the bo% was intact. arely, the bo% was found
by Gareth. "hen, why did -teven left alone in silence
-ame day that afternoon, -teven honed Gareth to aologi1e of leaving that way,
although it was an urgency, because her wife call him. He also said that he tried to wake
him u, but Gareth didn't react so he left.
Gareth arrived home thoughtfully. He thought that if -teven didn't took the bo% and had
an e%cuse of his escae, maybe he might be the erson who trust in.
(l mes siguiente, Gareth se enter3 or otras ersonas ue -teven se hab4a divorciado de
su esosa (lice. -teven nunca le habl3 sobre ese tema. 5ste fue el rinciio de la
desconfian1a de Gareth sobre -teven. Gareth estaba muy desconcertado y al llegar a
casa se encontr3 una carta an3nima en el bu13n. 5sa carta dec4a/ 65s muy imortante
ue conf4es en m4, lo s7 todo. 5sta tarde, a las 8 en unto, en el bar de la esuina de la
calle a1ul6.
Gareth estaba muy inuieto, ero sent4a ue deb4a ir. (ll4 se encontr3 a una mu&er rubia
y muy guaa. 5lla estaba un oco nerviosa or lo ue le ten4a ue decir
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