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.
Tom csak csúfolódva nevetett rá, és nagy büszkén léptetett el; de amint hátat fordított, az új fiú felkapott egy követ, jól hátba hajította Tomot, aztán uzsgyi, futott, mint a nyúl!