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very red as he hacked3 and pulled at the pig. All rightl All right!'
'The job was too much. We needed everyone.' 7s
He looked at Piggy, at the hunters, at Raiph.
Ralph turned. 'I'm sorry. About the fire, I mean. There. I - '
'You could have had everyone when the shelters were
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finished. But you had to hunt - ' '- I apologise.'
30'We needed meatl Thebazz from the hunters was one of admiration
]ack stood as he said this, the bloodied knife in his 80 for this handsome behaviour. Clearly they were of
hand. The two boys faced each other. There was the the opinion that Jack had done the decent thing, had
brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, put himself in the right by his generous apology and
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skill; and there was the world of longing and baffleda Ralph, obscurely,l3 in the wrong.
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common-sense. |ack transferred the knife to his left Yet Ralphs throat refused to pass one. He resented, as
hand and smudgeds blood over his forehead as he 85 an addition to fack's misbehaviour, this verbal trick.
pushed down the plastered hair. The fire was dead. The ship was gone. Could they not
Piggy began again. see? Anger instead of decency passed his throat.
'You didnt ought to have let that fire out. You said 'That was a dirty trickJ
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youd keep the smoke going - ' They were silent on the mountain top while the
This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from e0 opaque look appeared in |ack's eyes and passed away.
some of the hunters drove fack to violence. The Ralph's final word was an ungraciousra mutter.
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bolting look came into his blue eyes. Piggy sat All right. Light the fire.'
down with a grunt. fack stood over him. His voice was With some positive action before them, a little of the
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vicious6 with humiliation. tension died. Ra$h said no more, did nothing,
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stood looking down at the ashes around hls feet.
Ralph made a step forward and |ack smacked Piggy's He gave orders, sang, whistled, threw remarks at the
head. Piggy's glasses flew offand tinkledT on the rocks. silent Ralph - remarks that did not need an answe!
Piggy cried out in terror: and therefore could not invite a snub;ls and still Ralph
50'My specsl' was silent. No one, not even lack, would ask him to
He went crouching and feeling over the rocks but 100 move and in the end they had to build the fire three
Simon, who got there first, found them for him. yards away and in a place not really as convenient.
Passions beat about Simon on the mountain-top with Ralph asserted his chieftainship and could not have
awful wings. chosen a better way if he had thought for days. Against
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side's brokenl this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, ]ack was
'I U" looked malevolently at |ack. '0s powerless and raged without knowing why. By the
time the pile was built, they were on different sides of
'I got to have them specs. Now I only got one eye. )us'
you wait - ' a high barrier.
lack made a move towards Piggy who scrambled8
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away till a great rock lay between them. He thrust his
head over the top and glared at Jack through his one
flashing glass. Glossary
1 (to) wail = (make) a long, high cry of pain or sadness
'Now I only got one eye. fust you wait - '
2 dismal = miserable
fack mimickede the whine and scramble. 3 to hack = cut with rough, heavy blows
6s'fus'you 4 baffled = confused
wait - yah!'
5 to smudge = make a dirty mark
Piggy and the parody were so funny that the hunters 6 vicious = cruel and aggressive
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began to laugh. Jack felt encouraged. Unwillingly 7 (to) tinkle = (make) a light, high ringing sound
B to scramble = move quickly and with difficulty, using your hands
Ralph felt his lips twitch;ll he was angry with himself
to help
for giving way. 9 mimic = copy in a funny way the way sb speaks and acts
70 10 a gale of hysteria = the sound of people laughing uncontrollably
He muttered.
11 (to) twitch = (make) a sudden, small movement without
'That was a dirty trick.'
meaning to
]ack broke out of his gyration and stood facing Ralph. 12 to draw oneself up = stand up to one's full height
13 obscurely = for a reason that was difficult to identify
His words came in a shout.
14 ungracious = ill-mannered and unfriendly
15 a snub = an insult
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