What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It's time some people knew they've got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.' I can't see proper, and if I get scared-' 'I mean-how about us? Suppose the beast comes when you're all away. Piggy took off his damaged glasses and cleaned the remaining lens. For all we know, the beast may swing through the trees like what's its name.' You can't have an ordinary hunt because the beast doesn't leave tracks. The rest of the boys were looking from Jack to Ralph, curiously. 'Let's be moving,' said Jack relentlessly, 'we're wasting time.' 'Stay here? And be cramped into this bit of the island, always on the lookout? How should we get our food? And what about the fire?' 'Couldn't we-kind of-stay here? Maybe the beast won't come near us.'īut for the sense of something watching them, Ralph would have shouted at him. The reply was too emphatic for anyone to doubt them. He turned to the twins, yearning but hopeless. It faced out, rather than in, and the spears of sharpened wood were like a fence. The bright morning was full of threats and the circle began to change. Johnny, yawning still, burst into noisy tears and was slapped by Bill till he choked on them. The circle of boys shrank away in horror. Ralph pointed fearfully at Eric's face, which was striped with scars where the bushes had torn him.

There was something moving behind its head-wings. By custom now one conch did for both twins, for their substantial unity was recognized. He handed the conch to Eric, the nearest of the twins. The circle of boys before him bristled with hunting spears. Ralph looked for a moment at the growing slice of gold that lit them from the right hand and seemed to make speech possible. The rays of the sun that were fanning upwards from below the horizon swung downwards to eye-level.

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