When simon stumbles into the ring of boys, why do they see him as the "beast"?

It was because the boys see a dim shadowy figure which was emerging out of the jungle, Simon in the wake of finding the parachute man, and think he is the beast, they wound him to death before they understanding it is Simon.

after the signature of the treaty of versailles in june 1919, germany lost nearly 25,000 square miles and a population of 7 million people. these territories included eupen-malmedy area and moresnet which were ceded to belgium. regarding relations with france, germany ceded the sovereignty of the saar coal mines to this country, as well as the provinces of alsace-lorraine.

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