Huckleberry era coralment odiat i temut de totes les mares del poble, perque estava en vaga, i no coneixia llei, i era ordinari, i dolent… i perque tots llurs infants l'admiraven en tanta de manera, i es delectaven en sa prohibida companyia, i haurien volgut tenir la gosadia d'ésser com ell.
Huckleberry was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and lawless and vulgar and bad--and because all their children admired him so, and delighted in his forbidden society, and wished they dared to be like him.