BR2-3: Lucky number

Charlie does not go to school. He works all day. Charlie shines shoes at Cafe Colombo. Charlie wants to be rich. He wants to sit in Cafe Colombo and drink coffee.

 

I read Lucky Number. It is a hero of the story, Charlie. He is a shoeshine boy. He is sitting on a small box on the pavement outside Cafe Colombo. There are always people sitting at the tables in Cafe Colombo. They are all well-dressed.
An old man walks slowly along the pavements. The old man is carrying a large board. He is selling lottery tickets. A well-dressed man buys one, and the man gets into the taxi, but the tickets falls out of his pocket. The wind blows the ticket into the air. Charlie catches the ticket, shouts out loudly. But the man does not hear his voice. The ticket is in his hand.
Charlie back to his home. His mother is waiting for him. He gives har all the money. Charlie has no father, so he works like a father in his family. The family needs the money. Charlie shows his mother the lottery tickets. The next day, his mother already has been the lottery office. A man is shouting out the winning number. Will it be their lucky number? Will it be their lucky day?

Milne, John (1989). Lucky number, Macmillan readers (224/1182 words)