Lord of the Flies, An Alternative Ending.

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Lord of the Flies,

An Alternative Ending.

Ralph stumbled over a root, he could hear the snapping of twigs getting ever nearer as the boys closed in on his position.  Samneric had heard Ralph’s cry and darted towards the sound.  As they drew near they saw Ralph sprinting through the forest and tried to catch up with him.  Ralph tripped again, this time over a flaming log and fell to the ground in agony. his leg had been burnt, blisters were already formed.  He knew he didn’t have time to feel the pain, he grasped at anything he could find to pull himself up. Samneric got to Ralph and both attempted to help him to find his feet.  “Get off, leave me” squealed Ralph with pain and panic in his voice.

“But their coming” screamed Eric, “Come on, we have to go”.

Ralph got up, confused by the twins apparent change of sides.  Sam started to pursue his brother and Ralph, still confused by all of this, decided to follow, hoping that this was not a trick to lead him to Jack.  Ralph just prayed to himself that his trust was well placed not misplaced.

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They ran for what seemed like forever with the burns chaffing Ralph’s legs as they brushed past the foliage.  The pain seemed more tolerable as they reached the burnt tree, where they had once kept their signal fire alight, his mind was now more focused on escape.  It didn’t take long before the boys realized their situation was futile.  Knowing that there was nowhere else to go they turned, but before they could run Jack was there.

 Jack’s posse began to circle around Ralph and Samneric.  With nothing to do and nowhere to go Ralph fell to ...

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