Pages1-5 and The Heper Lottery Summary

Gene's father dies from a bite on the neck. Prior to his transformation, Gene's father runs away, leaving Gene alone to fend for himself. While his father was caring for Gene, however, he was always telling Gene about the rules of disguising himself to be like everyone else so Gene would not expose himself as a human.

In class, the teacher calls on Gene to answer a question but he asks to pass. The girl Gene has a crush on, Ashley June, goes to the board to solve the equation. An announcement over the loudspeaker tells the students the Ruler is going to make a public appearance on TV at 3 a.m. The Ruler never appears in public and has only done so twice in the last 15 years. The first was to announce...