What a LOTTERY!

Hello.
This time, I want to write about "What a LOTTERY!", a book in the CAMBRIDGE English Readers Starter series.

'How am I going to get to Glasgow?' He picks up the phone.
'Hello,' Rick says. 'When is the next train to Glasgow?'
'From where?' a woman asks.
'From here,' Rick says.
'Where's here?' the woman asks again.
'From Wallingford,' Rick answers.
Rick hears the woman on a computer.
'Do you live in Wallingford, sir?' she asks.
'Yes. Why do you ask?' Rick answers.
'There's no train station in Wallingford,' she says.

 This is a conversation between Rick, the main character and a woman. When I read this conversation, I laughed very much! I thought Rick is foolish person.
Rick plays the guitar and writes songs, but he isn't famous. He always think only himself, so his wife is leaving their home. He buys lottery tickets and one day, meet a person, named Barry Green, running from the police.
Is this the start of a new life for Rick......?

Rick spend happy life at ending, but I wanted it to be bad ending. I thought that he is so untidy, so he should be more reliable person.

This story is about "Lottery", but the word "Lottery" in this book means not only "tickets", I think.

What is "Lottery" for you? 

Thank you for reading.