No Flies on This Clerihew

WILLIAM GOLDING

William Golding's
Stock is holding
Thanks largely to the constant rise
In new readers for his Lord of the Flies.

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From The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

THE FIRE

"'We kept the fire going up there.'
'Up there it was small.  But this has got to be a big one.'
Ralph carried a fragment to the fire and watched the smoke that drifted into the dusk.
'We've got to keep it going.'"

From Chapter Ten, The Shell and the Glasses

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From Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

FIRST LIGHT

"One must remember to wake at first light, in order to diddle the savages -- and he did not know how quickly sleep came and hurled him down a dark interior slope."

From Chapter Twelve, Cry of the Hunters