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The Library of America • Story of the Week
Excerpt from Shirley J ackson: Novels and Stories (The Library of America,
2010), pages 73–77. Originally appeare in Mademoiselle (July 1948). Reprinte
in The Lottery; or, The Adventures of J ames Harris (1949).
© Copyright 1949 by Shirley Jackson. Copyright renewe 1976 by Laurence Hyman,
Barry Hyman, Sarah Webster, an Joanne Schnurer. Reprinte by arrangement with
Farrar, Straus an Giroux, LLC. All rights reserve .
Charles
he ay my son Laurie starte kin ergarten he renounce
Tcor uroy overalls with bibs an began wearing blue jeans
with a belt; I watche him go off the first morning with the
ol er girl next oor, seeing clearly that an era of my life was
en e , my sweet-voice nursery-school tot replace by a long-
trousere , swaggering character who forgot to stop at the cor-
ner an wave goo -bye to me.
He came home the same way, the front oor slamming
open, his cap on the floor, an the voice su enly become rau-
cous shouting, “ Isn’t anybo y here?”
At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spille his baby
sister’s milk, an remarke that his teacher sai we were not to
take the name of the Lor in vain.
“How as school to ay?” I aske , elaborately casual.
“All right,” he sai .
“Di you learn anything?” his father aske .
Laurie regar e his father col ly. “I i n’t learn nothing,”
he sai .
“Anything,” I sai . “ Di n’t learn anything”
“The teacher spanke a boy, though,” Laurie sai , a -
ressing his brea an butter. “For being fresh,” he a e ,
with his mouth full.
“What i he o?” I aske . “Who was it?”
Laurie thought. “It
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