Journal#1 LOTF

Chapter 1: Sound of the Shell

Perspective: Ralph

The Conch

I woke up in the middle of this weird place last thing I remember was I was in a plane with a lot of other boys. I was curious to see where I was so I started walking around. I was walking around for maybe a half an hour when I heard something in the bushes and a voice. I looked through the bushes and I found a fat boy who was lost also. So he started following me and he wouldn’t shut up he just kept telling me all about his life and he asked me what my name was so I told him and once I answered one question he kept going.

So we were walking for maybe an hour or two when we came across this effulgent lagoon. It was so hot and I was so sweaty I wanted to jump in so I told the fat boy I wanted to stop and take a swim. I offered for him to join me but he said he had asthma and he didn’t know how to swim so I just went in. The lagoon was pretty deep and it was very warm. The hot water felt refreshing after walking in the sun for two and a half hours. So finally this fat kid tells me what the kids call him at school and it is hilarious. He said that the kids made fun of his weight by calling him “Piggy.”

After maybe half an hour I decided to get out as I was getting out I noticed something in the water it was a sort of creamy white color half buried in the sand. Piggy noticed it too. So I went to pick it up when I got it Piggy said that it was called a conch. He said that his friend blows short blast on air into it and it makes a big booming sound. Piggy had an idea that we could see if anyone else is on the Island. So I put the conch to my mouth and blew and there was a big boom of sound. I did this a couple more times. Then we started to see some people come over. After twenty minutes there was a group of boys in all black with cloaks on. When they came over their leader said that he should lead because he already is in charge of the marching band. But this boy named Simon said we should elect a leader. So they all voted and I was voted the leader. The first thing I did was form a group of Jack the marching band leader, me, and Simon. We went off and we found a mountain so we climbed up the mountain and looked over the land. We found out that it was an Island. We also found the place where our plane crashed. As we were going back we came across a piglet and Jack pulled his knife to kill it but he couldn’t he said he would next time. I’m not so sure about that boy.