Just then, a man emerged from the central area, carrying a plate covered with a lid. He walked to a half-human-tall cylindrical pillar in the center, placed the plate on it, and dramatically lifted the lid, revealing its contents.
A roasted chicken.
It was plump, glistening, and emitted an incredibly enticing aroma. For these children, who had been starving for days, even weeks, it was an unimaginable delicacy – a sight that made their eyes sparkle with desperate desire, driving them to risk everything to obtain it!
"Same as always, the winner gets to eat the roast chicken," the man announced. Under the shining, hungry eyes of the children, he promptly put the lid back on, further whetting their appetites and their desperate urge to claim it, not allowing them to savor even a hint of the scent.
"Arghhhhh!"
