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26 Tom SawyerSuddenly, Tom said, %u201cBe quiet! Can you hear that? Listen!%u201d%u201cYes. What is it?%u201d asked Joe and Huck.%u201cWhy don%u2019t we go and see it?%u201d offered Tom.They ran to the river and saw a steamboat with lots of small boats around it.%u201cAll the boats from St Petersburg are on the river,%u201d said Joe. %u201cWhat%u2019s going on?%u201d%u201cThey%u2019re looking for a dead body,%u201d said Huck. %u201cThis happened last summer when Bill Turner drowned.%u201d%u201cWho are they looking for this time?%u201d asked Joe.Tom thought for a moment and said happily, %u201cI know! They think we drowned! They%u2019re looking for us! Everyone%u2019s talking about us. We%u2019re famous!%u201dThis was a fun adventure for Tom, Huck, and Joe. They felt like real heroes. After the boats left, they went fishing again and had fish for dinner.%u201cI can stay here forever, just fishing and playing,%u201d said Joe.%u201cWe%u2019re real pirates now,%u201d said Tom.They slept under the stars, but Tom couldn%u2019t sleep. %u201cI wonder what they%u2019re doing right now,%u201d Tom whispered to himself.The next morning, Tom wasn%u2019t on the island.%u201cWhere%u2019s Tom?%u201d asked Joe.%u201cI don%u2019t know,%u201d said Huck.steamboatto drownfamousforevera boat powered by steam engines, typically used on rivers to die by being underwater and unable to breathe well known for an endless or indefinite period of time::::Glossary