Choose a major portion of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

Answer 1

Sure! Here is a major portion of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson:

"Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready; there were stones on the ground with the blowing scraps of paper that had come out of the box. Mrs. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. "Come on," she said. "Hurry up."

Mr. Graves took the hand out of the box and held it up, and there was a stir among the villagers. All the women stood still, watching, and then someone said, "All right." Mrs. Hutchinson said, and they were upon her."