The Lottery Alternate Ending
“Alright” Mr. Summers said. “Open the papers, Mr. Hutchinson you open Daves”
Mr. Hutchinson took the second paper into his hands, and craned his neck to look down the line of people. Tessie had just opened her paper and was showing it to the crowd, it was blank. Staring down at his own he opened Dave’s paper, also blank. Subsequently, he switched hands to open his paper, faintly he could hear a sigh of relief from Bill Jr. as he began to show off his clean white slip. Then in an instant his body became rigid as his thoughts started running wild. If anyone in the crowd had been focused on him they would have been able to see the terror sweep across the old man’s face. Drawn harshly on his paper was a black dot, the kind of black that pulls in your gaze, and burrows itself into your skull. By this time Nancy had begun to show off her paper, creating a sigh of relief from her classmates as she did so. As Bill’s heart rate began to climb and his hands began to shake, he quickly switched the papers between hands.
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He truly did love his son he thought, winding up his arm and he was going to dearly miss him, he continued as he aimed his sights on the boy’s head. Steve Adams reached around picking up multiple stones in his large hands, weighing his arms down. Mrs. Delacroix, Dave’s babysitter, was the first to throw a stone. The woman had known Dave since he was born, yet all she saw him now as was a target. She flung her arm forward with incredible speed and struck the boy in the center of his forehead. The rock made a terrible crack as it made contact with the boy’s skull, reverberating throughout the silent town. Dave’s head snapped backwards at a most unnatural angle from the sudden force of the stone. Slowly, the crowd set off surrounding the frightened boy. He fell to his knees and tried to call out, but it was too late, because then they were upon
“Alright” Mr. Summers said. “Open the papers, Mr. Hutchinson you open Daves”
Mr. Hutchinson took the second paper into his hands, and craned his neck to look down the line of people. Tessie had just opened her paper and was showing it to the crowd, it was blank. Staring down at his own he opened Dave’s paper, also blank. Subsequently, he switched hands to open his paper, faintly he could hear a sigh of relief from Bill Jr. as he began to show off his clean white slip. Then in an instant his body became rigid as his thoughts started running wild. If anyone in the crowd had been focused on him they would have been able to see the terror sweep across the old man’s face. Drawn harshly on his paper was a black dot, the kind of black that pulls in your gaze, and burrows itself into your skull. By this time Nancy had begun to show off her paper, creating a sigh of relief from her classmates as she did so. As Bill’s heart rate began to climb and his hands began to shake, he quickly switched the papers between hands.
“Bill, show us your …show more content…
He truly did love his son he thought, winding up his arm and he was going to dearly miss him, he continued as he aimed his sights on the boy’s head. Steve Adams reached around picking up multiple stones in his large hands, weighing his arms down. Mrs. Delacroix, Dave’s babysitter, was the first to throw a stone. The woman had known Dave since he was born, yet all she saw him now as was a target. She flung her arm forward with incredible speed and struck the boy in the center of his forehead. The rock made a terrible crack as it made contact with the boy’s skull, reverberating throughout the silent town. Dave’s head snapped backwards at a most unnatural angle from the sudden force of the stone. Slowly, the crowd set off surrounding the frightened boy. He fell to his knees and tried to call out, but it was too late, because then they were upon