Adams strikes up a conversation with Old Man Warner about the north village, which is talking of giving up the lottery. The women watch as their husbands draw from the black box, and when Janey Dunbar steps forward for her turn, they encourage her. Graves comment to each other that it seems as if no time has passed since the previous year’s lottery. Everyone holds his paper without looking at it.
Summers reads the names and the men come forward when their names are called to draw a slip of paper from the box. Jack Watson, on the other hand, is old enough this year to draw on behalf of himself and his mother. Summers asks if she doesn’t have a grown son who could draw for their family, but Janey replies that Horace is only sixteen. Summers points out that Clyde Dunbar is absent due to a broken leg, and his wife, Janey Dunbar, speaks up, saying, “wife draws for her husband.” Mr. Tessie makes a joke, and the villagers chuckle. Delacroix that she forgot what day it was. Just as the drawing is about to begin, Mrs. Summers is sworn in as officiator of the lottery. Lists are made of the households and the heads of each household, and Mr. Graves, have replaced the chips of wood in the box. Slips of paper, which were made up by Mr. Other aspects of the ritual of the lottery have also been lost or forgotten.
The original black box for the lottery has long since been lost, and the current box is well worn, but the villagers don’t like to upset tradition by replacing the box. Martin and his oldest son Baxter come forward to hold the black box on the stool at the center of the square. Summers appeals to the crowd for help, and Mr. He arrives in the square carrying the black box, followed by the postmaster, Mr. This civic engagement stems from his free time: his wife is a scold and he is childless, so the other villagers pity him. Summers conducts the lottery, as well as the square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween Program. Eventually the women join their husbands and call to their children, so families are standing together as units. Adults arrive and stand around talking: the men speak of farming and the weather, and the women greeting each other and gossiping. Bobby Martin, Harry Jones, and Dickie Delacroix gather a large pile of stones and defend them from the other boys. The children are enjoying their summer vacation. It is June 27th, and a beautiful summer morning, and villagers begin to gather in their town square (the town is unnamed) for the annual “lottery.” This village has only three hundred people, and so the lottery can be completed easily in a single day, and leave time for noon dinner.
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