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Lord of The Flies

29/05/2011 01:34
Lord of The Flies   Jack spoke loudly. "This head is for the beast. It's a gift." The silence accepted the gift and awed them. The head remained there, dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth. All at once they were running away, as fast as they could, through the forest...

Beast

29/05/2011 00:57
 Beast   "He still says he saw the beastie. It came and went away again an' came back and wanted to eat him--" "He was dreaming." Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces. The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required...

Painted Face

29/05/2011 00:18
 Painted Face   “Jack shouted so loudly that Ralph jumped. "What? Where? Is it a ship?" But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island. "Of course! They'll lie up there--they must, when the sun's too hot--" Ralph gazed...

Fire

28/05/2011 23:44
Fire   "My father's in the Navy. He said there aren't any unknown islands left. He says the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there. So the Queen's got a picture of this island." “Again came the sounds of cheerfulness and better heart. "And...

Piggy's Glasses

28/05/2011 23:40
Piggy’s Glasses     “There was pushing and pulling and officious cries. Ralph moved the lenses back and forth, this way and that, till a glossy white image of the declining sun lay on a piece of rotten wood. Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough. Jack...

Conch

28/05/2011 23:36
    Conch   “Ralph grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm. Immediately the thing sounded. A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain. Clouds of birds rose...