LordoftheFlies

aside and chose his direction from the trend of the land, he mouthed words that did not reach the air. Presently the creepers fe ...

"He's always throwing a faint," said Merridew. "He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor." This last piece of ...

smoke was climbing into the sky. Simon, forgetful of the flies, shaded his eyes with both hands and peered at the smoke. Even at ...

"You're talking too much," said Jack Merridew. "Shut up, Fatty." Laughter arose. "He's not Fatty," cried Ralph, "his real name's ...

"I wish we could go home." Piggy lay back against the sloping sand side of the pool. His stomach protruded and the water dried o ...

Another buzz. "Well then," said Jack, "I―" He hesitated. The dark boy, Roger, stirred at last and spoke up. "Let's have a vote." ...

lagoon. Beyond was a short stretch of sand and then the edge of the water. A fire burned on the rock and fat dripped from the ro ...

Every hand outside the choir except Piggy's was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air. Ra ...

Jack waved his spear again. "Has everybody eaten as much as they want?" There was still food left, sizzling on the wooden spits, ...

"I tried to get over that hill to see if there was water all round. But your shell called us." Ralph smiled and held up the conc ...

Ralph made a sudden movement that became a stumble. Some of the boys turned toward him. "I gave you food," said Jack, "and my hu ...

"All the same―" "We don't want you," said Jack, flatly. "Three's enough." Piggy's glasses flashed. "I was with him when he found ...

"Me." "I will." "I'll blow the conch," said Ralph breathlessly, "and call an assembly." "We shan't hear it." Piggy touched Ralph ...

Stillness descended on them. Ralph, looking with more understanding at Piggy, saw that he was hurt and crushed. He hovered betwe ...

"Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excite ...

Ralph shaded his eyes and followed the jagged outline of the crags up toward the mountain. This part of the beach was nearer the ...

crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell ...

tendency of slope: whether this hole, laced as it was with the cables of creeper, stood higher than that. Somehow, they moved up ...

a larger pebble clung to its own air and was covered with a coat of pearls. The tide swelled in over the rain-pitted sand and sm ...

The pink granite of the next cliff was further back from the creepers and trees so that they could trot up the path. This again ...