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The Shell and the Glasses
Somethingbrushedagainstthebackoftheshelter.Piggykeptstillforamoment,thenhehadhisasthma.Hearchedhisbackandcrashedamongtheleaveswithhislegs.Ralphrolledawayfromhim.
Thentherewasavicioussnarlinginthemouthoftheshelterandtheplungeandthumpoflivingthings.SomeonetrippedoverRalphandPiggy’scornerbecameacomplicationofsnarlsandcrashesandflyinglimbs.Ralphhitout;thenheandwhatseemedlikeadozenotherswererollingoverandover,hitting,biting,scratching.Hewastornandjolted,foundfingersinhismouthandbitthem.Afistwithdrewandcamebacklikeapiston,sothatthewholeshelterexplodedintolight.Ralphtwistedsidewaysontopofawrithingbodyandfelthotbreathonhischeek.Hebegantopoundthemouthbelowhim,usinghisclenchedfistasahammer;hehitwithmoreandmorepassionatehysteriaasthefacebecameslippery.Akneejerkedupbetweenhislegsandhefellsideways,busyinghimselfwithhispain,andthefightrolledoverhim.Thenthesheltercollapsedwithsmotheringfinality;andtheanonymousshapesfoughttheirwayoutandthrough.Darkfiguresdrewthemselvesoutofthewreckageandflittedaway,tillthescreamsofthelittlunsandPiggy’sgaspswereoncemoreaudible.
Ralphcalledoutinaquaveringvoice.
"Allyoulittluns,gotosleep.We’vehadafightwiththeothers.Nowgotosleep."
SamnericcamecloseandpeeredatRalph.
"Areyoutwoallright?"
"Ithinkso—"
