Brucker,+Maddie

**By Maddie Brucker ** John: That man needs to watch it next time Maria: Oh John just back off of him, he looks like a new man, probably an immigrant, who just came here for a new life John: Ok, you’re right Charles: Those people looked rich. Where do you think they got their money and their clothes? I want some of their money Mike: They have probably been here a long time and they probably have a lot of family here Charles: I want to know more about them, get their address, number, and names. I want them by tomorrow Charles: What is this? Have they charged me for something? What am I going to do? I don’t have a lot of money left. Rachel: Ha-ha!! Look at Kathy she looks so weird with her hair up in a pony tail and her shoes are so ugly!! Ha-ha!! Kathy: Where is the teacher? Stop, leave me alone. Teacher: Ok class, so today we are going to learn some new ways to write and express your ideas Charles: Hello young lady Banker: Hello how can I help you? Charles: I need to write a very large check out to somebody Banker: Ok, how much money will that be? Like $100 or $150? Charles: No, No I need $4, 864 (banker looks very surprised and Ponzi smiles) This check is for a very good friend of mine <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Banker: Ok if you want all that money here it is (gets the check out of the machine by the safe) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Thank you. Have a nice day <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Banker: Thank you <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Excuse me, I need to get through <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Excuse me? You can’t go through are you crazy? I’m not letting you go through <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Why not? I need to get in to the class room please move <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Cut to:** The parents at work when John gets a phone call from an unknown number <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hello…Who is this? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello my name is Charles Ponzi. I am a money investor from New York City’s Central Bank. We have your name as a potential investor because of your resourcefulness with business. I was wondering if you had any time to talk about a very special offer we have for you and your family? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes sure. What is the offer? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: We would like to give you a special opportunity to invest you hard earned money and make a lot more money from that. We would take some of your money now and invest it and in 90 days you would get 40% of that investment back. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Wow! That sounds like a great deal and like it is very effective. I would like to talk more about this deal so if you could come by my house later we could talk about this deal more than. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok sounds great. See you later at your house <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hey Mr. Pnozi <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Starts walking towards the house) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello Mr. Brown <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Come in make yourself at home (opens the door to the house) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Thank you I think I will <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Well have a good afternoon Kathy <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Kathy looks back and tries to smile) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Oh hello Maria! This is Mr. Ponzi <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Well hello Mr. Ponzi. How are you doing? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I am good, thank you <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Charles and I were just talking about money and how we could invest it <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Sounds great I will go get some tea ready <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Hello how was your day at school honey? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: It was good the same as usual <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Well I’m getting some tea ready for your dad and Mr. Ponzi <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Who? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Mr. Ponzi he is the man who is going to help us with our money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Oh ok I will go say hello to him then <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Kathy walks in to the living room where her father and Charles are talking) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello young lady <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Hello sir, Hello dad <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hi this is Mr. Ponzi he is going to be helping us with our money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: I know mom already told me <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Oh ok well I think you should probably go do your homework while Mr. Ponzi and I keep talking <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Ok I will. I have a lot to do anyway…well have a good talk <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Here you are <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Thank you <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Can you come and help me clean up from dinner? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Yes, I just put my dishes in the sink and I will go get dad’s plate and everything else on the table and put it away <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Ok thank you I’m going to read the newspaper on the couch <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I convinced them to let me invest and be in charge of their money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Great we just have to keep all of this as a secret and we will be rich soon <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok this is between you and me only <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Yes I know <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: So we will convince them to let us be in charge of their money and we will say if you let us take your money and invest it you will get 40% of the invested money back in 90 days and the bank will get 5% and we will get 55% <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Yes exactly and with 55% of people’s money we will get more of it then they will get from their own money (voice gets louder cause of excitement) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Shh, be quite we don’t need the whole world to know our plan. If this gets out we’re dead, we’ll be in jail…gone <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher: Kathy, are you paying attention? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Yes, ma’am <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher: Ok good <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Hey Kathy you going to lunch? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Yes Rachel I was just on my way <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Would you like to sit at my table? (Kathy tries to say something but gets cut off by Rachel) Oh sorry the table is full I forgot <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Ok well have a good lunch <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Thank you, you too (Say with a little attitude) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: So what are you doing exactly with my money that you had to come over another time after yesterday? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Nothing I just wanted to talk to you and see if you wanted me to invest some more of your money? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Why yes!! We have a lot more money to invest (Charles smiles but keeps walking) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok good I can do that for you right away if you would like?! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yeah sure I will just need to talk with my wife, Maria first though <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok take your time <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: So what exactly does Charles want? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: He is going to be our money investor. He will take our money that we don’t need right now and put it in the bank. When it is in the bank it will put away and safe. We will be making more money off of that money then we do every day <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Ok so we can put as much money as we want in to it and we will make more money? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes, and we can take the money out if we need it. Charles also said that he will get 40% of the money we put in back in at least 90 days. Isn’t this a great deal? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Yeah it sounds great! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello, Mr. Brown <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hello <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Have you talked about and decided if you want to put more money in the bank? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes we have we would like to put 100 more dollars in the bank <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok so that would means in a couple of days you will get 40 dollars back <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Ok thank you so much talk to you later <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Bye <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hey Mike, I just got them to give us another 100 dollars <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: That’s great well talk when you get here <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Ok see you then <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Bye <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Why are you walking so fast? (Kathy stops in her tracks) Do you have somewhere to be? (Rachel stands up and walks toward her) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Um, No I was just walking to my car outside to go home <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Ok well then I wanted to talk to you for a second <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: I don’t think I can right now I really have to go home I have a lot of homework that needs to get done tonight <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel: Do you think I care about your homework? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: No, but I need to go (turns and runs out the door to her car) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: So how much money did you get today? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I got them to give us another 100 <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: So that means they got 44 dollars back and we got the rest right? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Right! If we get 100 dollars a day we will be rich in no time!! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: You’re right! We have to get more money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: So I put in another 100 dollars today <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Did Mr. Ponzi put it in the bank with all the other money we gave him? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes of course he did. That is what he does all the time <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hello <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hi Mr. Brown. This is Charles Ponzi. How are you today, sir? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hello. I’m fine, thank you. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I was wondering if you wanted to deposit any more money in the bank? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Oh I thought we just put 100 dollars in the bank? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: You did sir. I just came from the bank and I was wondering if you wanted to deposit more in order to increase your savings. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Well no, not right now thanks. We need a couple of days before we put more money in the bank <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Great, thanks. I will call you later in the week. Bye! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Bye, thank you <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Who was it? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: It was Charles Ponzi <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Didn’t you just talk to him this morning? What does he want? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes I did just talk to him. He wants to know if we have any more money that he wants us to put in the bank. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: We just put in 100 dollars this morning. I am getting suspicious cause he calls everyday at least twice a day and is always asking for money. He doesn’t say anything else and all he wants is our money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: There is nothing to worry about. He is fine he is just checking up on us <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Ok what ever you say but I have a feeling that something is not right <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: we have to figure out a way to get their money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Yeah because we are not getting enough money everyday <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: What if we pretended to be them and go to the bank and then wrote ourselves a check? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Yeah we could do that and take a lot of money but don’t take it all because then they will now that we did something. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: If they ask we could say somebody got in to our house and got all your information and took your money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Great Idea <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Hey mom and dad! What are you talking about? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: O, nothing really. We were just discussing something <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Yes, it’s nothing. Don’t worry about it <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Ok, who was on the phone? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Mr. Ponzi about our money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Mom, I am going to eat something <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: There is chicken in the refrigerator <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: I think I am just going to have cereal and milk <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello, how are you today. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clerk: Hi, I’m fine thanks. How can I help you? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I’m hoping you can help me out today since I’m in a rush I’m John Brown and I have an urgent business matter to attend to but I forgot my wallet. I need a check from my account in the next 10 minutes to close this deal. I would like to know how much money I have in my savings? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clerk: No problem sir. I had a day like that yesterday. You have 12,679 dollars <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: That’s what I thought. I would like to take 8,000 dollars out on a check <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clerk: Ok 1 sec <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Clerk gets the check and gives it to Ponzi) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Thank you (walks out) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Hello Mike <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Hey, did you get the check? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: Yeah I got it I’ll bring it to the house. Stay there <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: Ok see you there <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Dad, I need new shoes <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Ok we can go get those now but I have to go get money out of the bank first, let’s go <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Ok let’s go <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(They go get in the car and drive to the bank) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hi, I’m John Brown and I want to take money out of my savings account <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clerk: How did your business deal go? You need more money? Are you sure you want to take more money out? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Excuse me? I did not take money out this morning <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clerk: Yes you did because we talked this morning. I took the money out for you. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: No I did not, I would never take that much money out…wait a second I know exactly who it was thank you for your help I don’t want any money <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: I’m sorry Kathy but we have to go home right away. We can’t go get shoes right now <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: Why? What happened dad? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Nothing just be quiet! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles: I got the money and now we can pay off the people who are demanding their money. Then we’ll leave town. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike: I know! I know we did it!! We’ve spent 9,000 dollars for what we wanted and can pay the others off with Brown’s money!! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Hello Mr. Ponzi <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi: Hello yes <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: I was wondering where you were this morning because when I came by your place no one was there. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi: I was out for a walk… <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: (cuts him off) TO THE BANK!! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi: What? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: I know you were at the bank this morning and you took me and my family’s money. You’re busted Charles! (He hangs up the phone) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi: I don’t know what you are talking about? ...Hello…Hello, Shoot he hung up on me <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: what is wrong John? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Mr. Ponzi it was him <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: What did he do? What happened? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Mr. Ponzi, You were right all along <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: What happened? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Kathy sitting at the table watching as her parents talk) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: He used us to get money and get rich off of us. He went to the bank this morning and wrote himself a check for 8,000 dollars out of our money. He was getting money off of us every time we gave it to him to put in the bank. (Sitting at the table with his hands on his head) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Oh my God. He has our money! I knew he was doing something behind our backs, I just knew it! <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy: This reminds me of something. I am going to go upstairs to my room (looking worried as she walks out) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: I am going to call the police <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: Good and tell them everything that that awful man did to our family <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Cut to:** John just getting off the phone with the police and walking in to the kitchen where Maria is sitting at the table <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: They are going to get Mr. Ponzi. I told them everything that happened and where he is <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: What about our money and our stuff? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Well our money is gone Mr. Ponzi and his scheme has given all the money up and used it on other people like us. We have only the money he left in our savings account. The rest is gone to the rest of the world <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria: So it’s gone we have nothing left? Where are we supposed to live and what are we supposed to eat? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John: Well we will just have to make do with what we have and hope for the best <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">(Maria starts to cry. She walks out of the kitchen, goes in to the living room and sits on the couch. John follows her but sits on the rocking chair devastated) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Ponzi Scheme **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade In: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> A bank in a little town. A train stops than continues on after Charles and Mike emerge
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> A family walking down a hill with really nice clothes and shoes on talking to each other
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Ponzi and Paris are talking to each other and walking away from the train. They turn the corner and walk up the hill
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi and the family (Browns) bump in to each other on the street and say hi
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Zoom to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Family looking back at the two men. Then they start talking again.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Ponzi and Paris walk up the hill talking to each other
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John opening the front door to their house and Kathy going inside then Maria and then John. After they are all in they close the door.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Blackout **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade In: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To the night sky
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VO: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Its night now and tomorrow is a new day. What will Ponzi do? What does he want from the family? Tomorrow Kathy has to go to school and the parents have to go to work. What will happen?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Zoom in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Charles getting the mail and receiving a letter from the bank
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Ponzi opening the letter and looking very surprised. He reads a little bit of it to himself then looks up at the camera and smiles
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Blackout **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy walking to school and going in the front door
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy going in to her class room and a girl laughing at her
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Teacher walking in the room and telling everyone to settle down and take their seats
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Bell rings and class is out
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy walking in the hall going to her next class when Rachel comes out from behind her, pushes her way through while pushing Kathy out of her way
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Zoom in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Rachel’s is smiling. Looks back at Kathy getting pushed around in the crowd still
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles Ponzi walking to the bank. He walks in to the bank and looks around, then goes to the front desk and starts talking to the woman there
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy and Rachel walking back from lunch were something just happened. They are going to their next class
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> John is in the house looking out the window waiting for Charles
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade In: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles walking down the street (Camera turns around and sees John walking out the door and yells hello to Charles)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> School: Bell rings and there out for the day
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ms. Brown opening the door to go inside her house and seeing Mr. Ponzi (looking surprised)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy getting home and walking in the door and goes to the kitchen
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Maria bring in the tea and handing it out to both men
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VO: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> As Mr. Brown and Mr. Ponzi sit and talk about money and drink their tea they decide that the Brown family is going to invest their money and Mr. Ponzi will be their banker
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy putting her plate in the sink after they have just finished dinner
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> The morning time
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">To the back of Kathy walking to school
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Charles and Mike sitting at a table talking
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy at school sitting in a class room by the window
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VO: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (Kathy speaking) I wish I was away from here. I wish I was at home. I want to be with my mother and not here with Rachel. She is so mean all she does is tease and bully me. I’m sick of it I just want to go away and not be near her
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Right before lunch Rachel and Kathy run in to each other
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade In: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Camera turns and watches Kathy walk away from the cafeteria and heads for the bathroom
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> John and Charles walking down the street talking about money
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John at home talking to Maria
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mr. Ponzi dialing the phone to call Mr. Brown about the money
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles calling Mike telling him that he just got another 100 dollars from the Brown family
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy walking down the hallway, walking past a cubby where Rachel is sitting
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> **Zoom in**: Rachel sitting in the cubby, looks as Kathy walks by (Rachel sticks her head out of the cubby and looks down the hall)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Zoom In: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Rachel’s face gets mad and mean. She looks at the door, then turns herself, grabs her backpack out of the cubby and walks out the other way
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mike and Charles sitting at a table talking
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> John and Maria talking in their house
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy in her room doing her homework
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The phone starts to ring and John picks it up
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria walks by John just as he is getting off the phone
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mr. Ponzi and Mike talking again at a table
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Kathy coming down stairs and sees her mom and dad talking to each other
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Charles walking to the bank (He walks in to the bank and starts talking to one of the clerks)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Charles picks up the phone
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Kathy and her dad talking
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Watch as Mr. Brown goes in to the bank. Goes to the clerk and ask her for money
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade out: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Watch as Mr. Brown goes out of the bank in a rage and gets in the car
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mr. Ponzi and Mike talking and excited that they got the money
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mr. Brown walking in the door of his house and picking up the phone
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade in: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ponzi and Mike look at each other and try to make up something fast
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">John stands up and walks in to the kitchen where Kathy is waiting for him with Maria
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Cut to: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Maria sitting on her bed looking out the window
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VO: Maria: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Mr. Ponzi is just like Rachel. They act like they are your friend but then they are not later on in time. They are hiding something that they don’t want other people to see. They are mean and hurtful and they can hurt you in harsh ways that no one thinks about or thinks can happen
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fade out: VO: **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> As they just sit there and think, devastated about everything Mr. Ponzi is getting caught by the police and Rachel is hurting innocent people. Kathy sits in her room on her bed and thinks “Are they the same? How are they alike? How are they different? and Why would they do this to people who trusted them?” These are the same questions everyone is asking and who will answer them? … Will you?
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">After the Show/Before Credit’s: **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mr. Ponzi was caught and sentenced to jail. He was caught in 1919 when he was 37 and was let out of jail when he was 52. He spent 15 years in jail and when he was let out he had to start a new life all over. He became a English translator while he was in Rome and gave English lessons to people.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Brown family lost all their money and lived poor for awhile. They had to sell their house and a lot of their clothes. They eventually saved up enough money to be able to but a new but smaller house and Kathy got her new shoes!
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rachel keep being mean to everyone but went to jail just like Charles Ponzi after a very bad incident with another kid in school
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Mike went to jail with Charles Ponzi but only went from 1919 to 1924. When he was let out of jail he started a new life as a math teacher for a high school in his town