The chapter begins with three , the generic title for the smaller boys, building sand . The three boys are , the smallest and youngest of the three; , the biggest of them; and Johnny, who is well built.

Out of the forest runs and Maurice, who have just been relieved from their duty at the . On their way to swim, they kick over the sand . begins to cry because he gets in his . thinks to himself that in his other life, he would have been yelled at for kicking in ’s , but now with very little regret, he runs on to the pool for a . stays behind to observe the littluns. Once Percival stops crying, throws more in his .

After Henry gets bored, he leaves, and follows him. becomes interested in tiny transparencies, little creatures from the . He starts to become fascinated with controlling the movement of these . While ’s attention is on the transparencies, starts to throw at . He misses him on purpose.

About ten yards behind him, beckons Roger. He follows Jack and finds Sam, , Bill, and Jack putting paint on their faces. They are going on a hunt for a . A problem is that and Eric are neglecting their duty of the . This later proves disastrous because Ralph sees smoke from a , but there is no for the ship to see them.

and his crew return with a dead . They are chanting, “Kill the . Cut her . Spill her .” interrupts ’s glory from the hunt to yell at him about letting the go out. also yells at , but this drives to violence. punches in the and smacks his , which causes ’s to break.

offers an apology to for letting the go out. And then they begin to start another , but they do so in a different location because will not move from the site of the original .

Later they start to eat the . , who originally wants to resist eating the meat, eats it. brings on more humiliation by asking about his share of the meat. Jack tells him he didn’t . But responds that neither did or Simon. gives Piggy his share of meat.