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were cheap shoes, but Emma was very pleased with them.
She was seventy-three years old and did not have much
money. She began to walk home. `A nice cup of tea,' she
thought, `and then I can go for a walk in my new shoes.'
It was a quiet town and there was nobody in the street.
Suddenly, Emma heard something behind her. She did not
have time to look, because just then somebody ran up
behind her, hit her on the head, and snatched her bag out
of her hands. Emma fell down on her back. Then she
looked up, and saw a tall young man with long, dirty brown
hair. He stood and looked down at her for a second; then
he ran away with Emma's bag under his arm.
`Help! Help!' Emma cried.
But nobody came, and after two or three minutes Emma
slowly got up and went to the nearest house. The people
there were very kind. They gave Emma a cup of tea, and
soon an ambulance came and took her to hospital.
At the hospital a doctor looked at Emma's head and
back. `You're going to be OK,' he said. `Just take it easy
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1 Ihl mother in three small rooms at the top of a tall
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1.1.,un stole things. Sometimes he stole things from shops
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∎ r cars; and sometimes he stole money from old people
I ike Emma Carter. Today he was angry.
`What colour were his shoes?' asked the policeman.
'1 took that old woman's bag,' he thought. 'What did I
Shoes! Suddenly Emma remembered her new shoes. ',(t ?
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but then she began to cry and could not stop.
A nurse came up to Emma's bed. 'Please go now,' she
said to the policeman. 'Mrs Carter needs to sleep.'

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`I'm this tveek's winner, Mum! I'm rich!'

`The lottery! I'm this week's winner, Mum! Look — six

winning numbers. I'm rich!'
Jason's father came into the living-room. 'What's all this
noise?' he said.
`Joe, Joe!' said Lily. 'Jason's got six winning numbers
in the lottery. We're rich!'
`Wrong said Jason. 'I'm rich.'

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And it was an old, cheap bag too.'

Jason knew about lottery tickets. He bought five tickets
every weekend. He put Emma's lottery ticket in his pocket
and forgot about it. Then he went out for a drink.
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At the hospital a nurse put Emma to bed in a room with

five other women. There was a television in the room, and
at eight o'clock everybody watched the lottery. For a
minute Emma watched too, but she felt very tired and soon
she closed her eyes and slept. So she did not hear the
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On Sunday at twelve o'clock Jason got out of bed and made
some tea. Then he opened his father's newspaper and found
the winning lottery numbers: 5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41. He
checked his five lottery tickets. 'No good!' he said.
Then he remembered the old woman's ticket and
checked those numbers too: 5, 12, 23, 24, 38, 41. He checked
them three times. Six winning numbers!
`I'm a winner!' he said. He kissed the ticket. Then he
ran into the living-room and kissed his mother.
`Here, what's the matter, Jason?' said Lily Williams.
Jason sometimes hit her, but he did not usually kiss her.
Her cigarette fell out of her mouth.

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His mother and father began to speak at the same time. Williams! Jason is twenty-two and now he's a
PIE 1► man. He's got a cheque from Sunshine
But Jason did not listen. He went out to the telephone box
in the street and made a very important telephone call. I )1t cries for five million pounds. That's a lot of
munev! Well, Jason, how are you feeling
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'Wunderful!'
On Monday morning a policeman came to the hospital
' #11hI what are you going to do with your money?'
with Emma's new shoes. '( )1,, I'm going to buy a house with fifty rooms,
`A little girl found them in the street and took them to m(I a big expensive car. I'm going to go to New
the police station,' he said. York, Miami . .
`How kind of her!' said Emma.
I Huila looked at the young man on the television. Jason
`We found your hag too,' said the policeman. 'But there's
had a big smile on his face, but he had long, dirty
nothing in it, Mrs Carter. I'm sorry.' ►vii hair, brown eyes . . . Emma sat up quickly. `That's

`It doesn't matter,' said Emma. 'I'm very pleased to have man!' she thought. `I remember his face. He hit me
the bag. My son gave it to me a long time ago. He lives in Anil snatched my bag, and stole my lottery ticket my —

Australia, but he telephones me every week . . . And now winning ticket, with my winning numbers!'
I've got my new shoes too. Thank you very much.' She got up and went to the telephone. 'Hullo police?'
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That evening an ambulance took Emma home. She made
a cup of tea and sat down to watch the television news.
The newsreader smiled into Emma's living-room.

`And now for this week's lottery winner. The

winning numbers were: 5,12,23,24, 38, 41. And
here is the man with the winning ticket — Jason