LOTF Post 3

Chapter Title: Huts On The Beach

My Title: The True Hunter Emerges

Perspective: Jack (written the same night of the chapter)

Dear diary,

I think that Ralph and Simon are doing a good job because the huts are coming along really well. I also think that they could be spending their time better and hunting like me. We should all go on a hunting trip and bring back some meat for meals Even though it is important to have shelter from the so-called beastie and from rains we still need meals. My choirboys and I went out for a hunt while Simon and Ralph did their job making the huts. God knows where the fatty was; he was probably taking names or something. Everyone was acting inscrutable. No one carried out his own jobs because everyone was preoccupied. Another reason why jobs weren’t carried out is because Ralph and Simon were short handed. A majority of the kids were eating, bathing, or playing. That slowed things down a lot. They may have even come to a halt. I think that we have to find a really food resource. I know we can hunt but we still have to be stealthier. You can’t make a sound; you have to be able to hear the susurration of the jungle. We already have water and some shelter now we need a backup or reliable source of food. That stupid pig earlier today escaped. I have been having vicissitudes while hunting. I can’t kill! I had injured that pig if... if only I was one second faster it would have been ours to eat. The compulsion came over me to have a late night hunt. I got up and threw my opaque, leaf blanket away. I took my spear but then I remembered the beast. I lay back down and kept writing. Simon should help us hunt. He is a well-fit boy for the job. He is a medium sized boy and still has a younger looking face. Actually now that I think about it he wouldn’t fit. If we don’t get rescued soon we are all going to go crazy. I think that we will all lose order and split up. I think that Ralph and I not getting along maybe has something to do with all this. He is always sort of bossy and he doesn’t listen to me. He always thinks his ideas are the best and isn’t open to any new suggestions. That is why we haven’t gotten along much. Once he opens his mind to suggestion I hope we can get along.