Lord Of The Flies; Chapter 7 – Shadows and Tall Trees
“The Beast Appears”
“Simon”

Dear Journal,
Today we went on a hunt for the beast. Although I think the others found it, I had to go tell Piggy that they were coming back late. It was cool because Ralph hit a boar with his spear! Then the dun boys were doing their dance. We pretended that Robert was the pig and hit him with the butt end of our spears. After that we talked about doing it again, but Robert suggested we get a real pig because we have to kill it. Then Jack said, “Use a little’un!” then we all laughed. Although I thought it was funny, I think something is happening to Jack. Now a day, all he does is hunt, and kills. Maybe he wasn’t joking. Anyway the gullible boys decided to go up the mountain. Them being so gullible to believe there’s actually a beast that’s going to kill us. Then the bravado Jack goes up the mountain while I volunteered to go back to the huts. I actually wanted to go back to the huts, the brine from the sea was always spraying, and it hurt my eyes. The moors were muddy, but didn’t get me cold unlike the sprays from the sea. I hope those guys didn’t get hurt. It felt like rugger when we were playing around with Robert. Who knows how bad those guys can get hurt. Ralph seems to be the only sage one, while the others are impervious.