The boys begin to develop a routine on the island, the littlluns keep having scary visions and bad dreams and go on about a "beastie", Roger and Maurice torment the littluns by breaking their sand castles and throwing rocks near them. Jack becomes obsessed with hunting and they are slowly becoming savage and losing their identities. Ralph and Piggy see a ship far in the distance but the signal fire has gone out and they don't get rescued, Ralph is upset that no one is listening to him and wants to call a meeting...