This story really bothers me. I have heard it before and it still has the same effect. These people are absolutely crazy! They are following a tradition which they no longer even know why it exists. At least with the traditions we follow in today's world, we usually know why. They act like it is just another beautiful spring/summer day and they are going to kill someone and then go eat lunch?? It scares me because that "crowd" mentality can get the human race into a lot of trouble. At least in the story there are some younger people who question it and they mention other towns which have stopped it. What is also scary is the young boys who get the pile of rocks ready and that the children stone their own mother.
To me the black box symbolizes the devil and the people feel that if they satisfy it once a year it will leave the rest of them alone.
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