What I Would Do If I Won the Lottery

By Norma Smith

If I won the lottery . The first thing that I want to do is go back to my country. I want to build a big building for the poor children, help some friends with economic problems, and buy a big house for me and for my family in this country. However, in my country, El Salvador, I wish to buy a big ranch close to the beach. I want to buy a good car for my husband and I. For my children I would like to buy a lot of clothes, shoes, and jewelry. I want to travel around the world and enjoy life with my family. Maybe I'll open some business in my country.


What I Would Do If I Won the Lottery

By Peggy Gau

Almost everyone dreams about winning the lottery, but I don't because I know I'm not a lucky woman. I only dream about the things that there ais something I can do about it, but anyway, what would I do if I really won the lottery?

At first, I would go to Harvard University. Once there, I'd study philosophy for a doctor's degree and improve my English to an excellent level. After my education, I would like to travel all over the world and choose some interesting places to live for two or three years such as Venice, Sweden ,Egypt, or New Zealand. All those are my favorite places. Being in those places I'd not only enjoy the glory of the blossoming flowers in Spring and the gloom of the falling leaves in Autumn, but I'd also make many friends with the nature people and try to live in their way, feel their happiness, sadness and worry about the things that they worried about mostly.

Then, when I got old, I would go back to my hometown where my life came from. I'd live in my gradma's small house, which faces an old river. I'd write a book to share my feelings with my friends all over the world and I'd leave it to my offspring to be my only heritage.

For me, the most important thing in my life is not money. It is my feelings about my life. In different ways, I'd like to win the lottery, because if I won the lottery, I wouldn't need to waste my cherished life time to quench my thirst, satisfy my hunger, or warm my body. What someone said is true: the more you suffer, the deeper you feel. Maybe I'd hate to win the lottery.

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