Ways to Live Forever Page #6

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and a sparrow for Mum.

I never did understand why everybody

wants to give you presents

when they find out you're dying.

Don't they realise you can't

take them with you when you go?

No. That contraption isn't

going out that door.

Oh, come on dad. Just for a bit.

No, Sam. You've got to look

after yourself as much as possible.

Dad!

You heard your dad.

That contraption isn't

going out that door...

but nobody said anything

about that door.

Sam!

Let's go.

Where to?

To a space ship I want to show you.

Did Felix tell you?

Sam Mac Queen.

Don't ask questions.

Let's go.

All of a sudden I didn't know

if I was dreaming or if was all real...

but just in case,

I didn't want to try and find out.

I want to see the stars

from a spaceship.

Have you done all those wishes

on your list then?

Well, there's one

I'd like to do again.

When I'm gone... will you think

of me now and again?

I'm going to do something much better.

I'm going to plant a tree from

heaven in the last place we kissed.

A tree from heaven?

The flowers which grow

in the cracks in the concrete.

A tree from heaven

in the church makes sense.

There's no concrete in the church.

Some things are perfect

from start to finish.

Sometimes, the world seems different.

I have to stop

and recognise my things -

my IV stand, my bed,

my train set.

Everything looks strange.

It's as if I was seeing things

from a television screen.

Annie is here.

I have another fact for your book;

people donate more blood

if they don't get paid than

if they do.

How do you explain that?

People sent me tons of cards,

but I wasn't interested in any of it.

I only wanted to watch

Mum and Dad and Ella,

and Annie too, to store them up

and keep them in my memory...

This time, when I fell asleep,

I had a dream.

I dreamt I was in Mum and Dad's bed.

I hadn't slept in their bed

for a long time.

They only let me sleep there

when I was really ill,

but I wasn't ill anymore.

He'!-

What am I doing here?

You have a temperature.

I love you.

I know you do.

Sam died on April 4th

at five o'clock in the morning,

more or less.

Sam death was A:
Peaceful.

He was A:
At home.

The people with him were A:

His whole family.

The weather was C:

In-between...

Sam died quietly in his sleep.

He was in no pain.

Things I want

to happen once I'm dead.

I want them

to play Arabian songs

at my funeral... none of

that classical music crap.

I want my funeral to be fun,

people shouldn't go dressed in black...

oh, and whoever wants to see

this video or read this book, can.

You can give all my things away.

I'm not going to be here,

so I won't be needing them.

I don't want anybody to be sad.

If you're sad when you think about me,

how are you going to remember me?

But you can't just forget

about me either, eh?

Somebody has to remember me

now and again.

THE END:

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