LOTF CH. 7 Shadows and Tall Trees viewpoint: Jack

BEASTIE

There is a beastie! I knew there was all a long! I thought sagely to think that there was one. It's a great ape thing with wings! It was up on the mountain. I saw it! I knew Ralph didn't believe that there was one. When we went to other side of the island to the moors, he thought there wasn't a beastie. It was getting dark so we had to make one person go back and tell piggy that we were ok and that we were staying out over night. Simon volunteered and he took off into the jungle. Serves him right if he dies out there in the forest. Ralph made us all go to the mountain, claiming that the beastie was up there. He was impervious when everyone didn't want to go. I think he just wanted to go to the signal fire. He had saw a ship when we were on the rocky part. How could he think of the stupid fire when there's a beastie on the island? And at the rock part, there was a perfect place to make a fort there, and Ralph didn't pay any attention to it. So we climbed up the mountain. Al the hunters and me and Ralph. When we got the mountain, no one else wanted to go so I went up by myself. When I got there, my heart stopped. The beastie was there! I could see its wings, an lifted its head up and down. It was horrible! I ran back down to Ralph and Roger, I told them what I saw. I was so scared! I'm pretty sure my face was pale and my whole body trembling. When I told them there was a beastie, I don't' think they believed me. Of course Ralph didn't, he thinks I only care about hunting. We all went quietly back to where I saw the beastie. We got down on our hands and knees. When Ralph saw the beastie, it looked like he wanted to throw up! I momentarily forgot about the beastie, Ralph was scared! Finally he had lost his cover up bravado that he makes people think he has. But then the beastie lifted its head and it seemed like it was staring at us! We took off running down the mountain, we were running for our lives! When we get back to piggy and the little ones, it's going to be a very dun time on the island.