- Tom Sawyer: What good's a dead cat?
- Huckleberry Finn: To cure warts with!
- Tom Sawyer: Well, I know something a lot better.
- Huckleberry Finn: I bet you don't. What?
- Tom Sawyer: Spunkwater! Ever try it?
- Tom Sawyer: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn swear to keep mum about this, or they may drop dead in their tracks, if they ever tell, and rot.
- Huckleberry Finn: That's a good one, Tom. It sure oughta work.
- Tom Sawyer: It has to, or we drop dead and rot.
- Huckleberry Finn: Lookee here, Tom, lets take an oath. That's what we gotta do, swear to one another. Swear to keep mum.
- Tom Sawyer: I'm agreed, it's the best thing. Lets take an oath.
- Tom Sawyer: [about Indian Joe] Do you reckon he'll spill the beans?
- Huckleberry Finn: I don't know, but I do know that murderin' scum ain't gonna tell the truth.