***MAJOR SPOILERS*** A Far Better Ending

Screw that feel good sappy hollywood crap ending!
This would have made it much better -

When he tosses the ring, the cab door closes, she looks down and smiles.
Cut to a Pawn Shop where she cheerfully gets cash for the ring.
She exits the pawn shop, walks past a Chinese restaurant where the live cat is hanging in the window - she keeps walking, smiling, counting here cash.

Final scene, a Chinaman (Micky Rooney or not) chops the head off the cat.
Quick fade to BLACK

>the coins in the jar are for charity,
<the coins in the tray are for sharing