Ralph's tears of pain and sorrow trickled down his roughed up face, the suns beating rays warmed his body. As Ralph looked up and wiped the tears from his face, he parted his golden hair so he could see the naval officer. In a whimpering voice Ralph said "It's been such a long time since we've seen a grown up." "What's your name Sir?"
             "Why you can call me Bigsby young lad" stated the tall officer
             With glooming eyes the rest of the boys nodded their heads with agreement. With tears still flowing down his face, Ralph began to hysterically laugh and smile while saying
             "It's over... It's finally over!"
             The naval officer turns around and looks at him with an expression of dull confusion. "What's over?"
             "The storm" said Ralph in a murmuring voice.
             Ralph looks around and sees that Jack and Roger are missing. For a moment he thought he saw the trees in the back rustling.
             Ralph yelled at the top of his lungs. "Sam!" "Eric!" While searching over the other boy's heads, looking for a sudden movement.
             As the two boys pop their heads out simultaneously, Ralph grins in delight. The two boys walk closer and closer to Ralph and the naval officer. With every step they take they feel the wet sand sticking between their bare feet. As they stood beside him he felt alive again.
             "Where are Roger and Jack?"
             "Uh...uhh... up on Castle rock, by themselves." Sam said softly
             In the background the boys started to drop their spears and wipe their bodies free of the clay. Than the officers started to rally up the boys so they could take them to the ship to get cleaned up. While the flames still engulfed the Jungle the boys stood still, they started to remember home, their friends, their choir group, and their family.
             "Let's go get them, before they end up on this island b...