The House on the Hill

Elizabeth Laird

Paul goes for a walk and meets a beautiful girl Maria. She lives in The big white house on the hill, she says. She is very rich. Paul loves her but he is poor. One evening, Paul gives her the poem he made for her and tells her 'I love you.' Then Maria tells 'I love you' to Paul. It makes him very happy. The next day, Paul and Maria meet again by the river. He takes her hand and propose her. Maria Shakes her head and runs away with tears. Paul can't understand her. When Paul is in his house, a servant comes his house and he takes Paul to Maria's house. Paul meets Maria and her mother there. Maria's mother is an ugly and cold woman, Paul thinks. She tells Paul that Maria's going to be married and Paul will never get Maria. Maria says 'I love you Paul, but I can't marry you. I want money. I don't want to be poor.' Paul is very shocked and can't eat anything for the long time. One day, He sees a picture of Maria and her husband on a news paper. He turned the newspaper over, and then he finds an advertisement. It is about a story competition. Paul thinks it's a chance for him. He write the story of Paul and Maria and sent it to the newspaper. Two weeks later, a letter comes from the newspaper. He wins. He gets a lot of money and a job on the newspaper. Paul loves his job and works hard, but still he loves Maria. One day, he hears the news that Maria ran away from her husband and Maria's mother dead. Paul is surprised to hear that. He goes to the funeral of Maria's mother, and after that, he goes to the house on the hill. He meets Maria there and ask her why she married and left her husband. She answered it with cold eyes. She looks like her mother. Then, Paul realizes she never loved him and he never loved her. He just loved her beauty.

I think Maria is right in some ways. You shouldn't marry to poor person if you don't want to be poor. I think money is not all but it's very important to live. This is not the happy ending love story. Paul loves wrong girl and it doesn't work, but I think it's not so bad thing. He had nothing before he meets Maria. He had no job, no money. Though he gets a good job and a lot of money because of her. I know of course he strove for it. If he didn't, this story became a very sad story.