The Travels of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

«Can you imagine that Tom was satisfied with all these adventures? I'm referring to the adventures we had on the river and the time it took us to free black Jim, as well as the shot Tom got in the leg. But no, he was not satisfied. The only result of all this was to awaken his appetite for new exploits. You see, when the three of us came upriver in triumph — so to speak — back from that great journey, when the village welcomed us with speeches and a procession of lit torches, when the cheers and shouts of everyone made us heroes, Tom Sawyer thus fulfilled one of his dreams.”