Along the beach, after the death of Simon, Ralph and Piggy try to decide what to do. All they can think of is to keep the fire going and hope for rescue. Piggy tells Ralph not to let on that they were part of the dance that murdered Simon. Piggy says it was an accident. Near the Castle Rock, Jack has had one of his hunters beaten. He proclaimsthat the beast is still out there and that they didn’t kill it. His face is painted, and he points with his spear. He says they will steal more fire later that night. Back at the beach, Ralph realizes they can’t always keep the fire burning. He doesn’t know that Jack and his hunters will be coming to steal fire, so when it goes out, Jack’s men attack Piggy in the dark and take his glasses. None of them can see, so Ralph and Eric don’t realize they were only fighting each other while Jack and his men got away.