Dear Auntie

Dear Auntie,

      Life is bad. The plane crashed on a inhabited island and all of the grownups died. Now there are only about thirty boys here and we've formed a society. Ralph is the leader. He's the only boy who is ever nice to me and he is barely ever nice to me. He's the leader because everyone voted for him and he has the conch. I was really excited when we found the conch. I told Ralph about my friend who had one and then Ralph blew the conch and we had a meeting with all the boys on the island and one guy came and his name is Jack. I don't like Jack because he makes fun of me and he calls me Piggy like the rest of the boys and they poke fun at me too. He also tells me to shut up even when I have the conch and when you have the conch, you are the only person who can speak. An' nobody listens to me and they do everything wrong. They hunt for food when they are supposed to be building shelters and Jack let the fire burn out so we missed our one chance at being saved. And Ralph got mad at Jack for that. But when I tried to say something on the matter, Jack slapped me and knocked my specs off so now they only have one side that I can see out of. Simon helped me when Jack knocked my specs off. I like Simon because of that and 'cause he and Ralph are the only people trying to make shelters. And I am okay except for the lack of RESPECT in this society. I'm still the only boy with asthma so that's one good thing. Auntie, please come save me.