The Lottery

“ And the winner is …….”

It was a blazing, hot summer morning. The sun rays burned my skin. But, by God's grace, a cool blowing wind, cooled our skin.

We were standing in the city square, where a huge crowd had gathered. The City Square was a huge triangular stadium, with green artificial grass. The tall gates stood guarding the stadium. The clouds were running fast. Even, they were excited about the results!!!

We all had gathered there for India’s biggest Lottery and my family was in the Top Two! We stood there anticipating the result. Our every nerve stood still! We and another ruthless family, the “Arora Family” stood side by side on the stage.

There the judge was announcing the result, “and the Winner is…..”

We all looked on the big screen. A huge sadness dawned over us. It flashed the “Arora Family”. The family was giving sly grins to us. I felt a little suspicious. The judge was startled because his list said it was us! I decided to do a little Nancy Drew Work! I took my phone and went to the projection area.

There he was! The son, Arjun, of the Arora family tampering with the screen! He looked at me with a scared look. I quickly took a photo and darted back before he could catch me!

I went and showed the photo to the judge and the Arora family was officially disqualified!

My parents were rejoicing, not only because we won the lottery, but because I had shown that I was brave enough to be a Gryffindor!!!