"There is something moving outside."
Ralph's head prickled. Quite clearly and emphatically, and only a yard or so away from the back of the shelter, a stick cracked. The blood roared again in Ralph's ears, confused images chased each other through his mind. He could feel Piggy's head against his shoulder and the convulsive grip of hand.
"Ralph! Ralph!"
A voice whispered horribly outside. " Piggy-Piggy—" "it's come!", gasped Piggy. "It's real!"
He clung to Ralph and reached to get his breath.
"Piggy-come outside. I want you-piggy."
Ralph's mouth was against Piggy's ears.
"Don't say anything."
"Piggy-where are you Piggy?"
Something brushed against the back of the shelter. Piggy Kept still for a moment. Then he had his asthma. He arched his back and crashed among the leaves with his legs. Ralph rolled away from him. Then there was a vicious snarling in the mouth of the shelter and the plunge and thump of living things. Someone tripped over Ralph and Piggy's corner became a complication of snarls and crashes and flying limbs. Ralph hit out; then he and what seemed like a dozen others were rolling over and over, hitting, biting, scratching. He was torn and jolted, found fingers in his mouth and bit them. A fist withdrew and came back like a piston, so that the whole shelter exploded into light. He
began to pound the mouth below him using his clenched fist as a hammer; he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery. A knee jerked up between his legs and he fell sideways busing himself with his pain, and the fight rolled over him. Then the shelter collapsed with smothering finality; and the anonymous shapes fought their way out and through. Dark figures drew themselves out of the wreckage and flitted away, till the screams of the Littluns and piggy's gasps were once more audible. Ralph called out in a quavering voice.
"All you Littluns go to sleep. We've had a fight with the others. Now go to sleep." "That was Jack and his hunters "said Ralph bitterly," Why can't they leave us alone? " The conch still glimmered by the chief's seat. Ralph gazed for a moment or two, then went back to Piggy.
"They didn't take the conch."
"I know. They didn't come for the conch. They came for something else. Ralph-what am I going to do?"
Jack and his two boys had taken away Piggy's broken glasses.
Question 1: What physical sensations does Ralph experience when he hears the stick crack outside the shelter?
Answer: Ralph's head prickles, and he feels his blood roaring in his ears. He also feels Piggy's head against his shoulder and the convulsive grip of his hand.
Question 2: How does Piggy react to the voice calling for him outside the shelter?
Answer: Piggy gasps and clings to Ralph, expressing fear and disbelief that "it" is real.
Question 3: Describe the altercation that occurs inside the shelter?
Answer: Ralph and Piggy are attacked by unknown assailants, resulting in a chaotic fight with hitting, biting, scratching, and other violent actions.
Question 4: What does Ralph use as a weapon during the fight inside the shelter?
Answer: Ralph uses his clenched fist as a hammer to pound the face of one of the attackers.
Question 5: What does Ralph do after the fight ends?
Answer: Ralph calls out to the Littluns to go to sleep, then bitterly comments on Jack and his hunters' actions and notes that they didn't take the conch.
Question 6: What did Jack and his boys take from Piggy besides the conch?
Answer: Jack and his boys took away Piggy's broken glasses.
