established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a

religious practice or a social custom) and the handing down of

information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from

one generation to another without written instruction. If we are to go

by the latter definition , we can understand how traditions are easily

lost. Have you ever played the game telephone? You whisper something in

someone's ear and they whisper it in another person^s ear until it

finally returns back to you and normally what is returned isn't even

close to what you originally whispered into the firs

Some common words found in the essay are:
Shirley Jackson's, , slip paper, black dot, lucky winner,
Approximate Word count = 465
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)