THE LOTTERY (part 2)

continued from part 1…

“Allen,” Mr. Summers said. “Anderson…. Bentham.”

“Seems like there’s no time at all between lotteries any more,” Mrs. Delacroix said to Mrs. Graves in the back row. “Seems like we got through with the last one only last week.”

“Time sure goes fast,” Mrs. Graves said. “Clark….Delacroix.”

THE LOTTERY part 1

The morning of June 27th is a clear, warm summer day. There are many colorful flowers and the grass is beautiful and green. At about 10 o’clock in the morning, the people of the village begin to arrive in the town square, located between the post office and the bank. In some towns there are so many people that the lottery takes two days and must be started on June 26th. But in this village, there are only about three hundred people, and the whole lottery takes less than two hours. So, it can begin at 10 o’clock in the morning and end in time for the villagers to go home for noon lunch…

THE LOTTERY (part 1)

(THE ORIGINAL TEXT)

THE MORNING of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in 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 three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner…