THE LOTTERY TICKET

The Lottery Ticket

Winning.

A long time married couple wonders what if they won the lottery.

The husband is checking the newspaper to see if the ticket the wife bought is a winner. He finds that the series of the ticket matches and they are only one number away from hitting the jackpot. And they begin to fantasize about what would happen if they have the winning ticket.

He begins to ponder about how his wife has become old and plain and how he could have a whole new life without her and how much he despises her relatives and his own family.
She quickly figures out that the husband will try to build his dreams on her riches.

The story is almost like the Garden of Eden tale from the bible. The lottery ticket is the apple -- and although they don't actually taste it -- it changes the perception of their world -- before they were just living and not thinking much about their state in life -- but the lure of the lottery winnings awakens them to their lowly lives.

Ignorance is bliss.

I also remember reading somewhere that people who actually do win the lottery do not become any happier.

I'd like to test out that theory myself.