This is an extract from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Explanation:
Ben Roger was of the same age as Tom. When Tom was whitewashing the fence, he came there eating an apple. he was giving a long melodious whoop at intervals with a ding- dong, ding-dong.
He was personating a steamboat. He slowed down the speed and pretended as if he was drawing nine feet of water. He acted as if he was the boat, the captain and the engine bell.
Then he pretened as if he was stopping the forty feet wheel with a ting-a-ling-ling.
