Mentre Joe tallava llenques de porc per al desdejuni, Tom i Huck li demanaren que s'esperés un instant. Se n'anaren a un reconet prometedor de la vora del riu i tiraren l'ham: gairebé immediatament en foren recompensats.
While Joe was slicing bacon for breakfast, Tom and Huck asked him to hold on a minute; they stepped to a promising nook in the river-bank and threw in their lines; almost immediately they had reward.