Who is the first boy to respond to the call of the conch? How old is he?

Johnny was the first to respond, he appeared to be around six years of age.

A child had appeared among the palms, about a hundred yards along the beach. He was a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit.

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Piggy leaned down to him.

“What’s yer name?”

“Johnny.”