had told bought felt started gave was lost changed threw saw left got put took decided checked got fell felt
Litter
changes
woman's
life
.
March
29th
of
last
year
out
as
a
usual
day
for
Jan
Lowry
.
She
up
,
breakfast
and
her
apartment
for
work
.
On
the
sidewalk
outside
her
door
she
a
piece
of
litter
.
She
to
pick
it
up
and
throw
it
away
at
the
subway
station
.
It
a
lottery
ticket
with
the
number
44
-
67
-
99
-
81
on
it
.
"
Somebody
the
lottery
"
she
thought
.
She
the
ticket
in
her
coat
pocket
and
forgot
about
it
.
When
she
home
that
evening
she
something
in
her
pocket
.
She
the
ticket
out
of
her
pocket
and
then
it
away
.
After
dinner
Ms
.
Lowry
turned
on
the
TV
.
She
was
flipping
channels
when
she
heard
the
numbers
44
-
67
-
99
-
81
.
She
went
to
the
garbage
,
got
the
lottery
ticket
and
the
lottery
site
on
the
internet
.
She
suddenly
funny
and
to
the
floor
.
She
had
the
winning
ticket
-
worth
$50
million
.
After
she
won
the
money
,
hundreds
of
people
called
and
Ms
.
Lowry
the
ticket
was
theirs
.
She
didn't
believe
them
.
She
her
name
and
took
a
long
vacation
.
She
then
houses
in
Paris
and
New
York
and
away
a
large
amount
of
money
,
but
she
still
has
enough
to
live
well
for
the
rest
of
her
life
.
She
is
still
a
neat
freak
,
and
picks
up
litter
whenever
she
sees
it
.