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Huts on the Beach
Swearing,heturnedoffthetrailandpushedhiswaythroughuntiltheforestopenedalittleandinsteadofbaldtrunkssupportingadarkrooftherewerelightgreytrunksandcrownsoffeatherypalm.Beyondthesewastheglitteroftheseaandhecouldhearvoices.Ralphwasstandingbyacontraptionofpalmtrunksandleaves,arudeshelterthatfacedthelagoonandseemedveryneartofallingdown.HedidnotnoticewhenJackspoke.
"Gotanywater?"
Ralphlookedup,frowning,fromthecomplicationofleaves.HedidnotnoticeJackevenwhenhesawhim.
"Isaidhaveyougotanywater?I’mthirsty."RalphwithdrewhisattentionfromtheshelterandrealizedJackwithastart.
"Oh,hullo.Water?Therebythetree.Oughttobesomeleft."
Jacktookupacoconutshellthatbrimmedwithfreshwaterfromamongagroupthatwasarrangedintheshade,anddrank.Thewatersplashedoverhischinandneckandchest.Hebreathednoisilywhenhehadfinished.
"Neededthat."
Simonspokefrominsidetheshelter.
"Upabit."
Ralphturnedtotheshelterandliftedabranchwithawholetilingofleaves.
Theleavescameapartandfluttereddown.Simon’scontritefaceappearedinthehole.
