LordoftheFlies

Simon and Maurice arrived. Ralph looked at them with unwinking eyes. Simon turned away, smearing the water from his cheeks. Ralp ...

Jack, his face smeared with clays, reached the top first and hailed Ralph excitedly, with lifted spear. "Look! We've killed a pi ...

"There was lashings of blood," said Jack, laughing and shuddering, "you should have seen it!" "We'll go hunting every day―" Ralp ...

"There was a ship. Out there. You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out!" He took a step toward Jack, who turned and ...

Piggy began again. "You didn't ought to have let that fire out. You said you'd keep the smoke going―" This from Piggy, and the w ...

Piggy and the parody were so funny that the hunters began to laugh. Jack felt encouraged. He went on scrambling and the laughter ...

With some positive action before them, a little of the tension died. Ralph said no more, did nothing, stood looking down at the ...

Piggy spoke, also dribbling. "Aren't I having none?" Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power; but Piggy b ...

Then at last Maurice broke the silence. He changed the subject to the only one that could bring the majority of them together. " ...

One by one, they halted, and stood watching him. "With the conch. I'm calling a meeting even if we have to go on into the dark. ...

CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water The tide was coming in and there was only a narrow strip of firm beach between the water and the w ...

sun was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves. At that he began to trot. The beach near the bathing pool was dotted wit ...

Again he fell into that strange mood of speculation that was so foreign to him. If faces were different when lit from above or b ...

understood them. One had to sit, attracting all eyes to the conch, and drop words like heavy round stones among the little group ...

"Then there's huts. Shelters." The murmur swelled again and died away. "You mostly sleep in shelters. Tonight, except for Samner ...

"That's really dirty. If you're taken short you go right along the beach to the rocks. See?" Piggy held out his hands for the co ...

"Too many things." There came a mutter of agreement. Ralph overrode them. "And another thing. We nearly set the whole island on ...

He waited till the platform was very still. "Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And t ...

"The thing is―fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island." He looked alon ...

"We eat pig." "Piggy!" "I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph― they ought to shut up, oughtn't they? You shut up, you ...