This story is about a small town with an unusual custom. Once a year on a certain date they have a lottery which everyone must participate in. One person is selected out of the entire town. Everyone dreads this time, and some people think that this custom should be done away with, you hear some people talking about this, also you know that there are other towns that also have this custom, it’s not an isolated thing. Although a few towns have done away with it. Anyways, the person who’s selected is stoned to death. Mrs. Hutchison was the one who was stoned to death. She screamed at the end, “it’s not fair, it’s not fair!!!”