Supplementary Task VIII B: The Western News

Young boy on island made victim

Child's play turns bad, resulting in the tragic death of a child

Ottawa-- Last Thursday night, nine-year-old Simon Callighan, who was part of a group of boys stranded on an island was attacked and killed by his peers. The boys were stranded on an island in the Atlantic Ocean until they were rescued on Saturday.

Callighan lived in London, England with his parents and baby sister. He was on his way to Sir Winston Churchill Boarding School when he was stranded on the island along with the other boys on the plane.

"Simon was batty," said one boy. "He said the beast was the people."

The boys were overexcited from hunting and very frightened of a beast that they believed to have existed on the island. Naval officers are exploring the island for this beast, but they have not found it, nor have they found evidence that suggests that this beast exists.

Ralph Connors, who was the leader of the group until his position was taken away from him by Jack Merridew, seems very confused and extremely upset by the who event. Connors is the son of a wealthy British naval officer, and he was set on being rescued.

"We left early, me and Piggy," Ralph said. "We didn't help them. We weren't there. We didn't mean to kill him!"

Ralph is now being examined in a mental assylum in London, England.

The majority of the boys on the island imply that the attack was Merridew's idea, although no one actually came right out to say that. "He taught us about hunting and things," said one boy. "We were excited. We didn't think he'd actually die."

Merridew and the rest of the boys will be tried in two weeks.