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1  I can't decide what to do straight off.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
2  Ralph raised his head off his forearms.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
3  He must have flown off after he dropped us.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
4  Piggy was looking determined and began to take off his shorts.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
5  He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
6  Ralph wiped the salt water off his lips and tried again, but the shell remained silent.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
7  Piggy took off his glasses and blinked at the assembly while he wiped them on his shirt.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
8  Ralph, Jack and Simon jumped off the platform and walked along the sand past the bathing pool.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
9  Piggy took off his shoes and socks, ranged them carefully on the ledge, and tested the water with one toe.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
10  He took off his glasses and held them out to Ralph, blinking and smiling, and then started to wipe them against his grubby wind-breaker.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
11  He jumped off the palm terrace into the sand and his trousers fell about his ankles; he stepped out of them and trotted to the platform.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
12  He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
13  Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
14  He became conscious of the weight of clothes, kicked his shoes off fiercely and ripped off each stocking with its elastic garter in a single movement.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
15  Any day there may be a ship out there"--he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon--"and if we have a signal going they'll come and take us off.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
16  Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
17  Then he leapt back on the terrace, pulled off his shirt, and stood there among the skull-like coconuts with green shadows from the palms and the forest sliding over his skin.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
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