Ralph paused for a moment and automatically pushed back his hair, Piggy tiptoed to the triangle, his ineffectual protest made, and joined the others.
Ralph went on. " We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don't get done. We were going to have water brought frok the stream and left in those coconut shells under fresh leaves. So it was, for a few days. Now there's no water. The shells are dry. People drink from the river."