Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us. - William Golding

"You want a pig," said Roger, "like in a real hunt."
"Or someone to pretend," said Jack. "You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act — you know, pretend to knock me over and all that —"
"You want a real pig," said Robert, still caressing his rump, "because you've got to kill him."
"Use a littlun," said Jack, and everybody laughed.

Когда ты главный, тебе приходится думать и надо быть мудрым, в этом вся беда.

This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and a shirt.