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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 14, Página 4
"Boys,
I
know
who's
drowned—it's
us!"
Instantly,
they
felt
like
heroes.
This
was
a
splendid
victory;
they
were
missed
and
mourned;
hearts
were
breaking
for
them;
tears
were
being
shed;
people
were
regretting
past
unkindness
to
these
poor
lost
boys;
and
best
of
all,
they
were
the
talk
of
the
town,
envied
by
all
the
other
boys
for
their
dazzling
fame.
It
was
great.
It
was
worth
being
a
pirate
after
all.
As
twilight
came,
the
ferryboat
returned
to
its
usual
work,
and
the
skiffs
vanished.
The
pirates
went
back
to
their
camp.
They
were
thrilled
with
pride
about
their
new
fame
and
the
trouble
they
were
causing.
They
caught
fish,
cooked
dinner,
ate
it,
and
then
guessed
what
the
village
was
thinking
and
saying
about
them.
The
pictures
they
imagined
of
the
public's
distress
over
them
were
satisfying
from
their
perspective.
But
as
night
fell,
they
stopped
talking
and
sat
staring
into
the
fire,
their
thoughts
clearly
elsewhere.
The
excitement
faded,
and
Tom
and
Joe
couldn't
help
thinking
about
certain
people
at
home
who
weren't
enjoying
this
adventure
as
much
as
they
were.
Doubts
crept
in;
they
felt
uneasy
and
sad;
a
few
sighs
slipped
out
without
them
noticing.
Eventually,
Joe
cautiously
hinted
at
how
the
others
might
feel
about
returning
to
civilization—not
immediately,
but—
Tom
mocked
him
with
scorn!
Huck,
not
having
taken
sides
yet,
joined
Tom,
and
the
hesitant
Joe
quickly
"explained"
himself,
relieved
to
escape
with
as
little
hint
of
homesickness
as
possible.
Any
rebellion
was
effectively
squashed
for
now.
As
the
night
deepened,
Huck
began
to
nod
off
and
soon
started
snoring.
Joe
followed
soon
after.
Tom
lay
still
on
his
elbow
for
a
while,
watching
them
closely.
Finally,
he
got
up
carefully,
on
his
knees,
and
searched
among
the
grass
and
the
flickering
shadows
cast
by
the
campfire.
He
picked
up
and
examined
several
large
pieces
of
thin
white
sycamore
bark,
choosing
two
that
seemed
right.
Then
he
knelt
by
the
fire
and
painstakingly
wrote
something
on
each
with
his
"red
keel";
he
rolled
one
up
and
put
it
in
his
jacket
pocket,
and
placed
the
other
in
Joe's
hat,
moving
it
a
little
away
from
its
owner.
He
also
placed
in
the
hat
some
schoolboy
treasures
of
great
value—a
piece
of
chalk,
a
rubber
ball,
three
fishhooks,
and
a
marble
known
as
a
"sure
'nough
crystal."
Then
he
quietly
tiptoed
among
the
trees
until
he
felt
he
was
out
of
hearing
range
and
then
broke
into
a
fast
run
towards
the
sandbar.
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