LordoftheFlies

Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed together, th ...

"There's no man with a trumpet. Only me." The boy came close and peered down at Ralph, screwing up his face as he did so. What h ...

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

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

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

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

"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 ...

"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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

"Whee-aa-oo!" Not for five minutes could they drag themselves away from this triumph. But they left at last. The way to the top ...

mirage. "That's a reef. A coral reef. I've seen pictures like that." The reef enclosed more than one side of the island, lying p ...

Ralph looked down the other way where there was no reef. "Steeper," said Jack. Ralph made a cupping gesture. "That bit of forest ...

"Green candles," said Jack contemptuously. "We can't eat them. Come on." They were in the beginnings of the thick forest, plonki ...

He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fie ...

CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded. There were differences b ...

"Yes. There are pigs on the island." All three of them tried to convey the sense of the pink live thing struggling in the creepe ...

"Look―" "And he won't be interrupted: Except by me." Jack was on his feet. "We'll have rules!" he cried excitedly. "Lots of rule ...