La paparra prova aquest, aquell i l'altre recurs, i esdevingué tan exaltada i neguitosa com els mateixos nois. Pero una i més vegades, quan Tom tenia la victoria a la ma, per dir-ho així, i sos dits frisaven per posar-se a la tasca, l'agulla de Joe la menava destrament cap enlla i en reprenia possessió.
The tick tried this, that, and the other course, and got as excited and as anxious as the boys themselves, but time and again just as he would have victory in his very grasp, so to speak, and Tom's fingers would be twitching to begin, Joe's pin would deftly head him off, and keep possession.