Saying that some one has been taken short means that they have gone to the toilet.
"Taken short" is an English slang phrase used when somebody desperately needs to urinate or defecate but there isn't a toilet close by and they are too desperate to wait until they can reach one.
Taken short is a phrase used in England which refers to a person who is desperate to use the toilet when there are no toilet facilities at hand.
Apparently "taken short" is a British term for having to use the bathroom when you don't have facilities around. Based on several searches I done, in Lord of the Flies, it refers to having diarrhea. (They told the Littluns not to pick fruit if they are "taken short" because it's dirty.) While some of the boys do apparently suffer from diarrhoea (from eating unripe fruit) "taken short" is just a generalised term for needing to urinate or defecate when you are unable to reach a toilet. I think that the reference to being taken short was to remind the littleuns not to urinate or defecate near the fruit trees or water source as it was "dirty."
Doug is taken aback by Ralph's unexpected appearance. He finds Ralph's presence surprising or unexpected.
A short bath typically refers to a quick bath taken for hygiene purposes rather than for relaxation. It usually lasts around 10-15 minutes.
He decides not to kill him because he's already miserable. Time has taken its own revenge on Ralph.
'Taken short' means that a person really has to use the toilet.
No, "siesta" is not a verb. It is a noun that refers to a short nap or period of rest, typically taken after lunch in some countries.
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The littluns fear "the beast," the most. The smaller children cry out in their sleep. Simon shows the reader that the dead parachutist, with his strings attached to the trees on Castle Rock, is the beast. Unfortunately, when he runs to tell the group, they murder him on the beach, while performing their chant with spears, in the rain and dark. The littluns continue to have nightmares, but are probably of missing home and fearful of the murder/s which have taken place.
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