To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an antelope.
A la qual cosa Tom respongué amb befes i emprengué el seu camí joiosament; i, tan prompte com hagué girat l'esquena, el noi nou arreplega una pedra, l'engega, i el toca entre les espatlles, i després gira cua i corregué com un antílop.