Visiting their own funeral
In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck, Tom and their friend Joe Harper spend a few nights on Jackson's Island, a secluded spot a few miles from St. Petersburg. Since the boys didn't give notice of where they were going, their families panicked, convinced themselves the boys had drowned, and held a funeral for them the following Sunday. Tom, overhearing the plan for the funeral, convinces the boys to wait a few days and then march in on their own funerals. Twain describes the scene in chapter 17 of Tom Sawyer:
There was a rustle in the gallery, which nobody noticed; a moment later the church door creaked; the minister raised his streaming eyes above his handkerchief, and stood transfixed! First one and then another pair of eyes followed the minister's, and then almost with one impulse the congregation rose and stared while the three dead boys came marching up the aisle, Tom in the lead, Joe next, and Huck, a ruin of drooping rags, sneaking sheepishly in the rear! They had been hid in the unused gallery listening to their own funeral sermon!