The two boys Ralph and Piggy meet each other in a thick jungle and discover that they crashed in an airplane and are stranded. They also learn that there are no adults present on the island and that none of the adults survived the crash. As they approach a beach, they find an enormous conch shell. Piggy gives the conch a little toot and summons the rest of the boys on the island to the …showed first 75 words of 1052 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1052 total…flesh wound. The next morning Ralph is awakened by voices and soon realizes that Jack has set the forest on fire to smoke him out. Armed with a spear he thinks of only escape. As he reaches the end of the island, at a beach, he collapses from exhaustion. When he comes around, he sees a naval officer standing before him and the hunters standing around in disbelief. He gets to his knees and cries.