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13 Look at the pictures and find the corresponding word in the text.

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What has happened to the boys? Why are they on an island?

The Sound of the Shell

"Where's the man with the megaphone?"The fair boy asked. "This is an island.At least I think it's an island. That's a reef out in the sea. Maybe, there are no adults here." The fat boy looked scared."There was a pilot up in the front."The boy was looking at the reef. "All the other kids"the fat boy went on:"some of them must have escaped. They must have."The fair boy walked towards the water. He tried to be casual and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy insisted: "There are no adults?"

"I think so.”said the fair boy. "What's your name?"asked the fat boy.

"Ralph."

"Is this an island?"

"I climbed a rock,”said Ralph slowly,"and I think this is an island."

"If it really is an island-''

"What is that?”Ralph pointed into the lagoon. Something creamy lay among the weeds."A stone.”said Ralph."No, a shell."answered the fat boy.

"Ralph!”Ralph looked up."We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting.They will come when they hear us-2He smiled at Ralph. "Try, Ralph! Call the others!"

Ralph understood the idea blew air into the shell with his lungs. Immediately, the shell sounded. A deep sound boomed under the palm trees, spread through the forest and echoed back from the mountain.

Signs of life were visible now at the beach. Many figures appeared; boys were walking toward the platform through the hot sand.

Golding, W (1954) Lord of the Flies, New York: Perigee.

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