I Lost But I Won

• Jack Bonde, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2018

I lost but I won
I stared at my lotto ticket in shock, I just won $50 million dollars.

That morning I woke up to another normal morning until I walked past the lotto shop and there was a sign outside saying $50 million dollars to be won so I went and got a ticket because I’ve been putting in for jobs but everyone’s been denying them.

The next morning I woke up and ran down to the lotto shop because they were announcing the winner of the $50 million dollars so when I got there the street was full of people waiting to see who won it, so I crawled through the crowd to get to the front to see who won

The announcer said,“The winner of the $50 million dollars Was ticket number 69”

I yelled,“That’s me”

And everyone else started screaming and clapping and then I thought double or nothing so I put It back on.

The announcer said,“The winner is ticket number 75”

So I asked him,“Double or nothing”

And he said,“No”

A week later I saw a sign outside the lotto shop saying $50 million dollars so I ran in to buy a lotto ticket then the winner was getting drawn.

The announcer said,“The winner is ticket number 69”

So I said,“That’s me again”

So I went and got my $50 million dollars but I had learnt my lesson and didn’t double or nothing.

The next day I stayed at home and started planning my new 5 story house and it has 2 lifts 3 bathrooms 4 bedrooms 3 toilets and two 4 car garages and I massive shed out the back. And I saw another sign saying $20 million dollars and I won that so I thought I’m not going to be greedy so I’m thought I’m going to give $5 million to the homeless $10 million to my family and I keep $5 million to myself.