The Original Ending of Wrecking Ball

The original ending of the fourteenth book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series was an amazing conversation in the publication offices in California, back when it was nearly close to being published. Now you might be wondering, "What the fuck is so special about the ending of some kids book for kids who don't like to read?", well it's very simple. I am a good friend of the author, Jeff Kinney and he often asks me to read the books and review them before he gets them published. His wife is too busy to do it for him and his kids are growing up now, so he's relied on me to do it. 
From my memory of the original ending of Wrecking Ball, the ending was a far more profound conclusion to the series than the altered ending. It began after the party had finished and everyone was cleaning up the front yard and everything else. Greg basically was looking out at the front window of their new house, slowly realizing that he needs to change as a person, since this opportunity is presented to him. Now I would write what he said in this article or whatever this is, but I honestly can't remember since it slipped my mind and the pictures were the only things that I can necessarily remember about this ending.
Going back to the house, Susan remembered (in this version) that it was the day of the move and everything was in perfect condition, there was no destruction, the wasp nest didn't break in half yet and everything was perfect for Greg after all these years of complete embarrassment and bad luck, it was a sign that nothing was going wrong. Greg and Rowley (Who in this version wasn't crying like a sissy), stood outside the house and took in everything that was going on, Rowley told him that the book Greg gave him helped him realize that changes are always waiting in the wind and that moving on is important for that reason alone. The both of them made a promise that in the future, they will meet again, sometime, somewhere and get Zoo-Wee Mama in the papers and make a lot of money, which to adults is a stupid promise, but for kids, it's a reassurance that things will be okay. 
The ending showed the family driving away into the sunset, with the first and only hint of color in the series, ascending down onto the family. This to me was the sign that Greg was finally going to have some color brought into his new life as his old life in Plainview was dull and white and nothing special, just like the diary. The last view words of the book read as:
"I still think that this cliche of be careful what you wish for, or something else still is irrelevant and just tiresome, realistically this whole thing was out of my control and I'm not to blame for it. But one thing I will give this whole ordeal credit for, is that my new life, as the cool kid, has finally just begun and will probably carry on. Did I hate my old life? Yes, will I miss it? Maybe. But despite that, it doesn't matter whether you miss something or not, what matters is that life goes on and there's nothing anyone can do for you now. So my best advice is that don't spend an old lady's will on something stupid, because she will make you pay."
I went with this ending and told Jeff that he managed to make a new moment in history for an entire generation. And he too realized it. Unfortunately, despite the positive reception the original ending received, they suggested that Jeff would be better off saving an ending like this for a test of time, probably ten more years or so. Perhaps the twentieth book maybe.
I don't know what Jeff has in plan for the series' future, I really don't know, but all I know is that maybe he'll end the series with this kind of ending in mind, Greg getting a second chance at life and finally getting some form of color in his life that he needed to experience for most of his years of being a kid. But anyways, have a good day.
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