WILLIAM GOLDING

Lord of the Flies - fragments
 

Jack crouched with his face a few inches away from this clue, then stared forward into the semi-darkness of the undergrowth. His sandy hair, considerably longer than it had been when they dropped in, was lighter now; and his bare back was a mass of dark freckles and peeling sunburn. A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand, and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked. He closed his eyes, raised his head and breathed in gently with flared
nostrils, assessing the current of warm air for information. The forest and he were very still.
 

Elena Dumitrascu

William Golding
 

Jack s-a ghemuit cu fata la cativa centimentri de indiciu, apoi si-a fixat privirile in semiintunericul padurii. Parul lui nisipos, cu mult mai lung decat cand ajunsesera acolo, era mai deschis la culoare, acum; spatele lui gol era acoperit de pistrui si de piele uscata, cojindu-se de la soare. In mana dreapta tinea un bat ascutit, de vreun metru jumatate, care facea dara pe jos; era complet dezbracat, in afara de o pereche de pantaloni scurti zdrenturosi, agatati de cureaua cutitului, de la brau. A inchis ochii, si-a ridicat capul si a inspirat adanc, cu narile deschise, adulmecand informatia in curentul de aer cald. Si el si padurea erau neclintiti.