Extract from Lord of the Flies BY WILLIAM GOLDING, ADAPTED BY NIGEL WILLIAMS
Enter PIGGY. RALPH sees him after a short while … RALPH: It’s amazing! PIGGY: What’s amazin’? RALPH: The sun. PIGGY: Don’t see what’s so amazin’. RALPH: It’s like a huge eye looking down at you. PIGGY: It’s hot. That’s what it is. Hot. RALPH: That’s a funny T-shirt. PIGGY: My auntie give it me … It’s thermal you see. RALPH: So? (Stands facing the sun.) It’s amazing ... That’s a lagoon. Great for swimming. PIGGY: I can’t swim. I sink. RALPH: You don’t you know. PIGGY: I do. I know I do. RALPH: Blubber …
PIGGY: Leave out. (PIGGY sits on the wing … it is hot.) What’s your name? RALPH: Ralph. What’s yours? PIGGY: Not telling. RALPH: Is it a secret? PIGGY: It’s a stupid name. RALPH: What is it? PIGGY: Look, are they all dead do you think? RALPH: What? PIGGY: The plane broke up. It’s in bits.