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He sat on the pavement wondering why life was treating him the way it was!He had tried living as much of an honest life as he could. He had never given a bribe nor taken one. Never begged when he was down to his last penny. He had even taken up that job at the construction site.Going home to face his wife with no money was looming large on his mind. He shouldn't have given in & stopped at the arrack shop.One more..one more..it never stopped. He hated this contemplative mood he got into after his evening dose of posion. In a weird way he loved it too. It was his escape from this cruel world. The world which did not let him live & neither did it let him die. It was more cowardice than bravery that kept him alive. He had long since stopped caring for other humans. The years of arguments & fight for survival had left him too scarred to react.He nursed that last pack of arrack in his pocket. This would be the one to help him pass out when he got home. He did not like being ferried home. Even in these desperate times he did not want to seek anybody's help. How would he answer his conscience? A man who had come up on his own. The inebriated state elevated his sense of righteousness & independence. As the skies opened up he stumbled around for some shelter. Luck was on his side at last. He spotted a closed shop which still had its canopy out. Huddled in the corner he fought the desire to finish that last pack that was burning a hole in his pocket. As he finally gave in & drew the pack out, a sheet of paper too fell out. Staring at it he tried recollecting where this was from. Like a bolt of lightning it suddenly came back to him.This was a lottery ticket he had bought trying to be benovelent & helping out that kid on the street. He knew it was a wasted investment the moment the money had exchanged hands. He never won anything & his luck wasn't changing in a hurry! But lo & behold looks like everything was changing today. He was at the lottery shop. What a co-incidence!He scrambled to his feet & checked the number against the results on the wall. It was a full minute before he regained his senses. He had won! He liked the feeling. A slow smile spread across his face. Finally he would be able to get out of this mess. It wasn't a huge amount but enough to get away from this dump & his wife. The last pack was gulped as fast as humany possible before he set out to survey his kingdom. The truck though did not see that triumphant man who had just won his life back