Roger had initially pretended to be the pig in Chapter 9- A View To Death. He had pretended to be a boar that charged at Jack and Jack sidestepped. However, as they began chanting, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!" the excitement became too much for Roger and he ceased to be the pig and became a hunter so that the "center of the ring yawned emptily.”
As the boys continued to chant they needed a pig and Simon who had just encountered a strange character at the end of chapter 8 was involuntarily chosen as the beast and the replacement pig for Roger when he stumbles into their circle.
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