The Lottery
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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the Lottery by Shirley Jackson The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny with the fresh warmth of a full summer day. The flowers were blossoming profusely on the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square between the post office and the bank. Around 10 o'clock and some towns, there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th. But in this village, where there were only about 300 people in the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at 10 o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the Villagers to get home for noon dinner. The Children assembled first, of course, School was recently over for the summer, and the feeling of liberty sat uneasily on most of them. They tended to gather together quietly for a while before they broke into boisterous play, and their talk was still on the classroom and teacher of books and reprimands. Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and rounded stones. Bobby and Harry Jones and Dickie Del Across the Villagers pronounce this name, and Delacroix eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of the other boys. The girl stood aside, talking amongst themselves, looking over their shoulders at the boys, and the very small Children rolled in the dust are clung to the hands of their older brothers and sisters.