Carrying a sharpened stick through the jungle, Jack trails a pig only to be disappointed as it evades him. Agitated, Jack goes to the beach where Ralph and Simon are making huts. Frustrated, Ralph starts to complain to Jack about the faulty shelters and the unwillingness of the other boys to work. Ralph then states that the children at assemblies act enthused in the requests of work although they never participate. Jack, uncaring of Ralph's problems, tells Ralph how he needs to provide barbs so the hunters could catch a pig. Soon afterward the two boys start bickering amongst each other with Ralph saying that Jack and his hunters use hunting as an excuse of getting out of real work, such as making huts. The boys continue arging for a while until they realize that they need to regain their sense of camaraderie, and they go swimming together in the lagoon; however, their feelings of mutual dislike remain and fester. In the meantime as they go off into the lagoon, Simon wonders off into the jungle and helps the "littluns" get fruit hanging off of a branch. Soon afterward, Simon moves deeper into the forest and eventually finds a beautiful open space full of flowers, birds, and butterflies.
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