Page 23 - british year 1 book of stories

The Fight

Ralph was fighting with Jack. Ralph was furious, but he was afraid and euphoric at the same time.
Jack was only afraid and shocked, he was losing. Ralph hit and cut Jack in the chest with his stick-
sword. Ralph remembered the first days on the island. Ha was disoriented and painful. He saw the
island, it was like paradise, kilometres of a mysterious and enchanted jungle. On the coast there
were parts of the bus. He hit himself and tried to think, but he couldn’t breathe and the stifling
weather didn’t let him either.

When he woke up again the sunset and he remembered that he had to look for the rest of the
boys and girls. He started to walk along the coast shouting and looking for the others. He found
isolated groups of two or three children. These groups followed him and when he went around the
island, he had to remain alert. Ralph went into the jungle, leaving the others behind. The jungle
was dense, very green and wild, and increasingly dark and mysterious. Although the cool of the
night relieved him to go faster, the shadows held him back. It was then when he saw a group of
four boys and a couple of girls. Ralph looked to their leader, who was large, tall and heavy. They
had known each other from the school. The big boy was called Jack, he was popular and he was
the strongest and fastest bot on the island. But now he was dirty and full of scars, it was nothing
impressive, although he had a look of defiance. Jack looked at Ralph with pity and contempt,
Ralph was a very smart and foxy boy. He was the tallest boy on the island, but he was thin. Then
Ralph ran and ran to the coast where his partners were. When he arrived, he tried to be listened,
but they didn´t trust him: Suddenly, the little sun light left was gone, so Ralph picked up a twig and
tried to make fire but he couldn´t. Same people sat around him. After a while, he lit a torch he had
made and those around him applauded. The Jack came, and the two boys and the couple of girls
behind him here terrified. Something had attacked them. Jack was holding a bloody knife in one
hand and in the other had a lighter. He made a bonfire and everybody who not around Ralph
approached the big bonfire. Thus, two groups separated. Ralph was bossy, and hard worker but
his projects were too demanding and there were fewer people. Jack was strong and had a lot of
charisma, but the things he did, did not last long. One day the two groups had a conflict, which
was resolved with a fight between the two leaders. The one who lost would be banished.

It was Jack´s razor against the stick of Ralph´s torch. Clearly Jack won and Ralph was banished to
the other side of the island. Ralph trained on the other side of the island. Ralph finally went back to
the camp and fought with Jack, but this time Ralph had a stick-sword which helped him to win the
battle.

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