After lying around all day someone finally got up to cook. No one caring what it was just ate mechanically. After they were all done most went to bed. But Ralph stayed out watching the stars, his headache residing. Sometime during one of the many naps everyone took that day someone had threw the ashes out to the ocean.
I wonder where Simon is now, thought Ralph. I wonder if there's a heaven or hell. I wonder...if...I wonder if...Simon and Piggy are together. Somewhere in there youth forever...playing together under the watch of adults. When Ralph went to bed everyone else was sound asleep except Mandy.
"Ralph," whispered something. Ralph jumped at the sound expecting...well he didn't know what to expect. "Hey! Ralph!"
"Hey, what's up?"
"Oh nothing... but um... I had bad dream."
".... Spill it."
" Well see...we were all on the island and..." Mandy told Ralph the dream, all of it consisting with Ralph's earlier dream, the one where the lines came and filled with color and then it all drained away.
"Mandy... I had that dream just a few days ago. I think something bad is going to happen..."
" I think that we're going to die...I want off the island before we go..."
"I'm sorry there's no way off until the next supplies come."
"Then we should have a meeting."
"Alright, I can arrange that.'
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"Alright come on everyone.... God damn it.... QUIET!!!!!" screamed Ralph., "well, now that I have your attention...First off...has anyone had any dreams about the island sinking or anything?" after no one said anything Ralph said, "Not all at once now..."
"Well I have..." said someone," it was...well... everyone... just... started dieing rapidly.... it was weird...I didn't think much of it...except that it was oddly realistic."
"Well a few other and I, not saying any names, well we had dreams like that too. I'm not going to go into detail just now but, we think something is going to happen to the island." After a few minutes of gasping and chatter everyone quieted down again.
"Well, what are we going to do?" asked someone.
"I think... I think we need to get off the island..."
"HOW?! How could we go after all the time we've spent here? We don't even know what its like out there? We might die on the ocean!"
"How could you say that Ralph!? You're the one who originally wanted to stay anyways!"
"Well, I'd rather take my chances on the ocean then stay here...after all, a lot of us know what's happened on this island, and how it's happened. Don't you want to leave this behind? I know it's our home... but don't any of you wonder?" Ralph's speech seemed to mesmerize everyone, because they all just stared at him for a moment, "well?"
"What... what if... no one's left? I mean what if civilization has just...died away..."
"Then how would we get our supplies?"
"Oh, heh I guess."
"so it's set then? We must start building boats or canoes or SOMETHING."
I wonder where Simon is now, thought Ralph. I wonder if there's a heaven or hell. I wonder...if...I wonder if...Simon and Piggy are together. Somewhere in there youth forever...playing together under the watch of adults. When Ralph went to bed everyone else was sound asleep except Mandy.
"Ralph," whispered something. Ralph jumped at the sound expecting...well he didn't know what to expect. "Hey! Ralph!"
"Hey, what's up?"
"Oh nothing... but um... I had bad dream."
".... Spill it."
" Well see...we were all on the island and..." Mandy told Ralph the dream, all of it consisting with Ralph's earlier dream, the one where the lines came and filled with color and then it all drained away.
"Mandy... I had that dream just a few days ago. I think something bad is going to happen..."
" I think that we're going to die...I want off the island before we go..."
"I'm sorry there's no way off until the next supplies come."
"Then we should have a meeting."
"Alright, I can arrange that.'
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"Alright come on everyone.... God damn it.... QUIET!!!!!" screamed Ralph., "well, now that I have your attention...First off...has anyone had any dreams about the island sinking or anything?" after no one said anything Ralph said, "Not all at once now..."
"Well I have..." said someone," it was...well... everyone... just... started dieing rapidly.... it was weird...I didn't think much of it...except that it was oddly realistic."
"Well a few other and I, not saying any names, well we had dreams like that too. I'm not going to go into detail just now but, we think something is going to happen to the island." After a few minutes of gasping and chatter everyone quieted down again.
"Well, what are we going to do?" asked someone.
"I think... I think we need to get off the island..."
"HOW?! How could we go after all the time we've spent here? We don't even know what its like out there? We might die on the ocean!"
"How could you say that Ralph!? You're the one who originally wanted to stay anyways!"
"Well, I'd rather take my chances on the ocean then stay here...after all, a lot of us know what's happened on this island, and how it's happened. Don't you want to leave this behind? I know it's our home... but don't any of you wonder?" Ralph's speech seemed to mesmerize everyone, because they all just stared at him for a moment, "well?"
"What... what if... no one's left? I mean what if civilization has just...died away..."
"Then how would we get our supplies?"
"Oh, heh I guess."
"so it's set then? We must start building boats or canoes or SOMETHING."