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"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story about a boy named Paul who lives with parents that lack love and are filled with greed. Tormented by a house that whispers to him, Paul dies trying to convince his mother that he is lucky b ....

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... madly into space." In his travels, Paul hears odd names which he shares with the gardener, Bassett. Bassett recognizes the names as winners in horse races, and begins to win bets based on Paul's insight. Paul arranges for some of his winnings to be given to his mother, under the condition that she not know from whence it came. He is afraid that if she knew, she would take away his luck. In a frenzied search for another winning horse, Paul falls off the rocking-horse, mortally injuring himself. Before he dies, he tells his mother "... I knew [which horse], didn't I? Over 80,000 pounds! I call that lucky, don't you, mother? ... I'm lucky." ...