Huck und Joe schwammen hierauf abermals; Tom wollte nicht mitmachen, denn er fand, daß er beim Anziehen seine Klapperschlangenschnur von den Knöcheln verloren hatte, und er wunderte sich, wie er ohne den Schutz dieses geheimnisvollen Schutzmittels so lange vor einem Krampf bewahrt worden sei.
Then Joe and Huck had another swim, but Tom would not venture, because he found that in kicking off his trousers he had kicked his string of rattlesnake rattles off his ankle, and he wondered how he had escaped cramp so long without the protection of this mysterious charm.