So that night three boys in a small boat went down the river to Jackson’s Island. They had some bread and some meat, and Huck had his pipe too. When they got there, they carried everything on to the island and made a fire under a big old tree. Then they cooked some of the meat over the fire, and oh, that meat was good – the best dinner in the world! Soon they stopped talking, their eyes closed and they slept.
The next morning Tom woke up with the sun on his head and a smile on his face. Then Huck and Joe woke up, and the three boys ran down to the river to swim. After that, they fished and soon they had about six big fish for their breakfast. They cooked the fish on their fire and ate them all. They were very hungry.
‘That,’ said Joe happily, ‘was a wonderful breakfast!’
After breakfast they walked through the island, swam some more, talked, fished and swam again. They came back to their fire in the afternoon. Suddenly, Tom looked up and said, ‘Listen. Can you hear boats?’
