Poc abans que Ben estigués atuit, Tom havia baratat la nova avinentesa d'emblanquinar, a Billy Fisher, per un estel, solidament adobat; i quan aquest ja en tingué prou, Johnny Miller compra de ser-hi, mitjançant una rata morta i un cordill per a fer-la giravoltar; i així successivament, hora darrera hora.
By the time Ben was fagged out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite, in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with--and so on, and so on, hour after hour.