Daily puzzle

Put The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas back in order

Seven beats from our edition of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin, shuffled. Drag them, or use the arrows, until the story runs straight. No account, no streak to lose.

  1. Summer in Omelas The narrator describes the joyful Festival of Summer in the shining city of Omelas.
  2. Imagine it yourself The narrator insists the people are wise, not simple, and invites readers to add their own details.
  3. The doubting reader Sensing disbelief, the narrator adds a final, darker fact about the city.
  4. The locked room A neglected child lives in misery in a basement, and the city’s happiness depends on its suffering.
  5. Everyone knows Every citizen learns of the child when young and is horrified at first.
  6. Most stay Most people come to terms with the bargain, and their awareness shapes their happiness.
  7. The ones who walk away A few people leave Omelas on their own, heading somewhere that lies beyond the narrator’s imagining.