Ein kleines, grünes Kriechtier kam über ein von Tau bedecktes Blatt daher, zwei Drittel des Körpers von Zeit zu Zeit in die Luft erhebend, herumschnüffelnd, dann wieder weiterkriechend, ,,maßnehmend", wie Tom bei sich sagte.
A little green worm came crawling over a dewy leaf, lifting two-thirds of his body into the air from time to time and "sniffing around," then proceeding again--for he was measuring, Tom said; and when the worm approached him, of its own accord, he sat as still as a stone, with his hopes rising and falling, by turns, as the creature still came toward him or seemed inclined to go elsewhere; and when at last it considered a painful moment with its curved body in the air and then came decisively down upon Tom's leg and began a journey over him, his whole heart was glad--for that meant that he was going to have a new suit of clothes--without the shadow of a doubt a gaudy piratical uniform.