The boys attend their own funeral

1 From Cardiff Hill, St. Petersburg lies still on a quiet Saturday beside a calm river

2 Becky Thatcher stands alone in the empty schoolyard where she quarrelled with Tom

3 Aunt Polly, Sid, Mary and the Harpers walk up the aisle in black as the church stands

4 The old minister weeps behind the pulpit at the funeral sermon as the church sobs

5 The three "dead" boys crouch in the dim, unused gallery among broken benches.

6 The weeping old minister lifts his eyes above his handkerchief and freezes

7 The congregation rises in stunned silence as the three "dead" boys march up the aisle

8 The funeral turns into a joyful reunion as two families smother their "drowned" boys with kisses.

9 The funeral turns into a celebration: the whole packed church stands and sings Old Hundred.

10 As Old Hundred shakes the rafters, Tom glances sideways at the envious boys