Jack starts to hunt in the forest at the beginning of Chapter 3. He stalks a pig, watching for tracks and droppings. He finally finds a pig, but it gets away and he is left embarrassed and empty-handed. He walks back down to the beach, searching for Ralph and water. He finds Ralph and Simon building (or attempting to build) huts on the beach. Ralph is very annoyed that the hut is a mess, and angry that it doesn't seem to be working. He's also annoyed that most of the boys went off to swim or to the beach, instead of staying to help him and Simon.
Ralph berates Jack for wandering off to hunt meat, for building huts is more important. Jack is bloodthirsty, however, and has a need to kill, so he doesn't listen to Ralph and shrugs it off.
They talk about the littleuns and their nightmares, and about their exploration of the island. As they are doing so, they finally see a trickle of smoke from the fire. Ralph is doubtful that any ships will be able to see it from out at sea. He and Jack bicker over the importance of the fire, the huts, and the hunting.
Meanwhile, Simon wanders off on the scar, picing his way through the fruit trees. He went into a jungle, leaving footprints in the soft dirt. He found a place where there was a lot of sunshine and aromatic bushes; there was a great tree, fallen across one corner of the mossy carpet. He found a little cabin made of creepers, and parted the leaves to look down into the clearing. This was his special place.
Cheers,
Kate
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One thing I don't understand is when it keeps talking about creepers. What are creepers? Are they bugs? Then how can a cabin be made of them? Someone, please, fill me in.
Creepers are vines and mosses that creep all over the jungle/forest floor.
As well as the ferns that grow.
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