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Beast from Water
"IwasasleepwhenthetwistythingswerefightingandwhentheywentawayIwasawake,andIsawsomethingbigandhorridmovinginthetrees."
Ralphheldouthishandsfortheconchandthelittlunsatdown.
"Youwereasleep.Therewasn’tanyonethere.Howcouldanyonebewanderingaboutintheforestatnight?Wasanyone?Didanyonegoout?"
Therewasalongpausewhiletheassemblygrinnedatthethoughtofanyonegoingoutinthedarkness.ThenSimonstoodupandRalphlookedathiminastonishment.
"You!Whatwereyoumuckingaboutinthedarkfor?"
Simongrabbedtheconchconvulsively.
"Iwanted—togotoaplace—aplaceIknow."
"Whatplace?"
"JustaplaceIknow.Aplaceinthejungle."Hehesitated.
Jacksettledthequestionforthemwiththatcontemptinhisvoicethatcouldsoundsofunnyandsofinal.
"Hewastakenshort."
WithafeelingofhumiliationonSimon’sbehalf,Ralphtookbacktheconch,lookingSimonsternlyinthefaceashedidso.
"Well,don’tdoitagain.Understand?Notatnight.There’senoughsillytalkaboutbeasts,withoutthelittlunsseeingyouglidingaboutlikea—"
