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  "text": "\"The rules!\" shouted Ralph, \"you're breaking the rules!\"\n\n\"Who cares?\"\n\nRalph summoned his wits.\n\n\"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!\"\n\nBut Jack was shouting against him.\n\n\"Bollocks to the rules! We're strong — we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat — !\"",
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      "text": "His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.",
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