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1、TheadventuresofTomSawyer1. Aunt Polly Decides Her Duty Tom! No answer. Tom! No answer. The old lady looked around the room. When I find you, I. She did not finish. With her head down, she was looking under the bed. Only the cat came out. She went to the open door and looked toward the garden. No Tom
2、 was there. She shouted: You, Tom! There was a little noise behind her. She turned and caught a small boy, stopping him before he could escape. What were you doing in that corner? Nothing. Nothing! What is that on your hands and face? I do not know, Aunt Polly. I know. You have been eating sweets. I
3、 have told you a hundred times not to eat those sweets. Her hand was raised in the air- it started down- it was very near. Oh! Look behind you, Aunt! The old lady turned. The boy ran. In a moment he was up on the high board fence. Then he was on the far side of it. His Aunt Polly was surprised. Then
4、 she laughed a little. That boy! I never know what he will do next. And he knows that I do not want to hit him. But I should. And if he does not go to school this afternoon, I must make him work tomorrow. He does not like work. Especially on Saturday, when there is no school, he does not like work.
5、All the other boys will be playing. But I must try to make him a good boy. He is my dead sisters son, and it is my duty. I must do my duty. Tom did not go to school, and he had a very happy afternoon. He came home late. He hurried to do his share of the evening work. His brother Sid had already fini
6、shed his share. Sid was a quiet boy, who had no adventures and also no troubles. While Tom sat eating, his Aunt Polly asked questions. She hoped to learn about his afternoon. Tom, was it warm in school? Yes, Aunt Polly. Did you wish to go swimming, Tom? Tom began to feel afraid. What did she know ab
7、out his afternoon? No, Aunt Polly. Not very much. She touched his shirt. It was dry. But Tom knew what she would touch next. He said quickly, Some of us put water on our heads because we were hot. My hair is not dry yet. He watched her face. Yes, she believed him. He was safe. And Aunt Polly was gla
8、d to believe that he had been good. The summer evenings were long. Tom walked along the street, whistling like a bird. Then he stopped whistling. He had met a stranger, a boy a little larger than he was. The boys clothes were new and good, and he was wearing shoes. Tom would wear shoes and good clot
9、hes like these only to church on Sunday. Tom looked and looked. The boys clothes seemed to become better and better, and his own clothes seemed to grow poorer. Neither boy spoke. If one moved, then the other moved. But they moved only to the side, in a circle. They remained face to face and eye to e
10、ye. Then Tom said: I can beat you! Try. I can. No, you cant. Yes, I can. No, you cant. I can. You cant. Can! Cant! A moment of quiet. Then Tom said: I could beat you with one hand. Do it. You say you can do it. That hat! Hit it off my head if you can. I will. You are afraid. I am not afraid. You are
11、. I am not. You are. More moving in a circle. Now they were shoulder to shoulder, each trying to make the other fall back. And then suddenly they were both rolling in the dust. Each pulled at the others hair and each hit the others nose. And now through the dust Tom appeared, sitting on the new boy,
12、 beating him with hard, closed hands. Have you had enough? said he. The boy tried to get free. He was weeping with anger. Have you had enough? Then the new boy said, Enough! Tom let him stand up and walk away. But as soon as Tom turned, the new boy threw a stone, hitting Toms back. Therefore, Tom fo
13、llowed him home, and waited. The boy did not come out again. His mother came and said that Tom was a bad child. She told him to go home. It was late when Tom got there. Very quietly and carefully, he entered through a window. But his aunt was waiting for him. She had learned from Sid about Toms afte
14、rnoon. Now she saw his clothes and she knew that he had been fighting. She knew what she must do. Tom would work all day on Saturday. 2. Strong Desires-Wise Action Saturday morning came. All the summer world was bright and fresh and full of life. Tom appeared in front of the house with paint and a b
15、ig brush. He looked at the fence, and all joy left him. A deep sadness settled upon his heart. The fence was long and high. He wet the brush and moved it along the top board. He did it again, and did it again. He looked at what he had done. The painted part was very, very small. The whole fence was
16、very large. He sat down. He felt that he could not continue. Jim, a boy who worked for the family, came through the gate. He was going to get water, and he was singing happily. Tom said, Jim, I will get the water, if you will paint. Jim said, No. I must get the water. Are you afraid of Aunt Polly? S
17、he wont hurt you. She wont hurt you. She talks about it, but talk never hurts. It never hurts except when she weeps, also. You should not be afraid of her. Jim, I will give you one of my playthings. And I will show you my foot. I will show you where I hurt it. Jim was only human. He took the playthi
18、ng and he put his head down to look at the foot. In another moment he was running down the street. Tom was painting as fast as possible. And Aunt Polly was returning to the house. But Tom began to think of the pleasure planned for this day. His hands moved more slowly. Soon the other boys would come
19、 and laugh at him for working. From his pocket he took everything that he owned. He looked at it. There was nothing of real value. It was not enough to buy another boys help. At this dark moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It was like a great, bright light. He took his brush and went quietly to w
20、ork. Ben Rogers appeared soon. Tom had been especially afraid of Bens laugh. Ben was eating an apple. Also as he walked, he was making noises like those of a big riverboat. He would shout loudly. Then he would say, Ding- dong- dong, like a bell. Then he would shout again, and say, Ding- dong- dong,
21、again, and make other strange noises. He was the boat, and he was the captain of the boat, and the boat bell. Turn her! he shouted. Slow her! Stop! He made a slow, careful turn, came close beside Tom, and stopped. Tom continued his painting. He did not look at the boat. Ben said, Hello! You are in t
22、rouble. No answer. Tom moved his brush gently, and looked at the result. Ben came nearer. Tom wished for the apple, but he did not turn from his work. Ben said: Hello, you must work, must you? Tom turned suddenly. Oh, Ben, is it you? I did not see you. I am going swimming, I am. Do you wish you coul
23、d go with me? Or would you rather work? Tom said, What do you mean? Work? That is work. Tom returned to his painting. It may be work and it may not be. But it is fine for Tom Sawyer. Do you mean that you enjoy it? Enjoy it? Does a boy have a chance to paint a fence every day? Here was a new idea. Be
24、n stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush stepped away to look at the result added a little paint here and there stepped away again. Ben watched. He was more and more interested. Then he said: Tom, let me paint a little. Tom thought. Then he said, No, Ben. Aunt Polly wants this fence to be per
25、fect. If it was the fence behind the house, you could help. But this fence, beside the street, must be done very carefully. There is not one boy in a thousand who can do it well. Oh, Tom, let me try. Only a little. I will be careful. Tom, I will give you part of my apple. No, Ben. I am afraid I will
26、 give you all of it! Tom gave the brush to Ben slowly, but with joy in his heart. And, while the boy who a few moments before had been a riverboat worker and became hot in the sun. Tom sat under the tree, eating the apple and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. They came along the
27、 street, stopped to laugh, but remained to paint. After Ben, Bill Fisher painted. Then Johnny Miller came. Each one paid to be allowed to work. In the middle of the afternoon, Tom was very rich. He had many playthings, a small cat with one eye, a piece of broken blue glass, and much more. And he had
28、 not worked, and the whole fence had been painted three times. There was no more paint. With more paint, Tom would soon have owned everything belonging to the other boys. And the other boys in the village would have owned nothing. Tom had discovered a great law of human action. A man or a boy will d
29、esire something if it is not easy to get. 3. Tom as an Army Officer-Delightful Sadness Tom went to report to Aunt Polly. She was sitting beside an open window. She was half asleep, and she was holding the sleeping cat. She was surprised to see Tom. She thought that he had run away from his work long
30、 ago. Tom said, May I go and play now, Aunt? Already? How much have you done? It is all done, Aunt. Tom, is that true? It makes me sad if you do not tell the truth. It is true, Aunt; it is all done. She went to see, and her surprise was very great. You can work when you want to, Tom. But you do not
31、often want to. Go and play, but remember to come home again. And she gave him a large apple. She did not see him take a piece of cake as he passed through the kitchen. Tom hurried to center of the village. There two armies of boys had met for a battle. Tom was the leader, the General, of one army, a
32、nd his good friend, Joe Harper, was the General of the other. Tom and Joe did not fight. They sat together and sent their orders to the armies. When the battle was finished, they agreed to have another battle on another day. Then the armies marched away, and Tom started to go home alone. As he passe
33、d Jeff Thatchers house, he saw a new girl in the garden. She had blue eyes and yellow hair. She was beautiful. Tom had loved a girl named Amy Lawrence. A week ago she had said that she loved him. He had been happy and proud. But now in a moment she was gone from his heart. He watched the new girl un
34、til she discovered him. Then he looked at other places, as if he had not seen her. And he began to jump, and dance, and walk on his hands, so that she would continue to watch him. She walked toward the house, and Toms heart was sad. But she threw a flower over the fence. Then she was gone. Tom looke
35、d around. There was no person to see him. Slowly he picked up the flower. He put in under his shirt, near his heart. And he stayed near the fence until darkness came. Then he went home to eat. He was full of joy. His aunt wondered why. Later that evening his brother Sid was a bad boy. He took some s
36、weets. But his aunt did not believe that Sid could be bad. She gave Tom the blow that she should have given to Sid. She learned the truth later, and was sorry. But she said nothing to Tom. Therefore, Tom was very sorry for himself. He began to wish that he would die. She would feel sorry then. He co
37、uld see himself being carried home from the river, dead, his hair wet, his troubles past. He went out into the darkness, and went to the river. It would be good to drown, if he could drown without pain. He thought of his flower, and took it from inside his shirt. Would the new girl be sad if he died
38、? Would she put her arms around him? Or would she turn coldly away? This picture brought him much delightful suffering. He kept it a long time in his mind. Then he started home. He stopped near the Thatcher house. There was a light in one window. Was that the new girls room? He lay down on the groun
39、d below the window, with her flower in his hands. He would lie there and die in the cold. In the morning, she would look out the window, and see him. The window opened suddenly. He heard the voice of a woman who worked for the Thatchers. She threw water out of the window, and it fell on him. Tom jum
40、ped up and ran. Sid opened his eyes and saw Tom, ready for bed, looking at his wet clothes. Toms wild eyes made Sid afraid, he did not dare to speak. But he would remember and tell his aunt. 4. Going to Sunday School The sun rose upon a quiet world and looked warmly down upon the peaceful village. T
41、he family began the day by praying together. Then Tom did his Sunday studying. He was trying to learn some words from the Bible. Sid had already finished his studying, but Tom was slow. His mind was busy with other things. Tom was learning five verses. Some verses are long and some are short. Tom ha
42、d found five short verses. Aunt Pollys daughter, Mary, helped him, and after a time, he could say the verses without looking at the book. Mary gave him a knife for studying so well. It was not a good knife, but it was a knife. Tom was deeply delighted. Then Mary helped him to dress in his Sunday clo
43、thes. He hoped that she would forget his shoes. But she did not. When they were ready, the three children went to Sunday school. With his whole heart, Tom wished not to go. Mary and Sid enjoyed going. At the church door Tom stopped to speak to a friend. Billy, do you have a yellow ticket? Yes. Will
44、you sell it to me? What will you pay for it? Tom offered enough, and received the ticket. Then Tom stopped other boys, and bought more tickets, some red and some blue. He was busy with his buying for about ten minutes. Then he went into the church. These tickets were given for learning the Bible ver
45、ses. A blue ticket was given for two verses. A red ticket was equal to ten blue tickets. A yellow ticket was equal to ten red tickets. And for ten yellow tickets, for learning two thousand verses, the Sunday-school teacher gave the student a Bible. It was a wonderful day when a boy or a girl receive
46、d one of these Bibles. Perhaps Tom did not want the Bible. But he did want the wonderful experience of receiving it. Now, children, the teacher said, sit up as straight as possible, and listen. That is what good little boys and girls should do. While the teacher was talking, three gentlemen and a la
47、dy entered the church. The lady was leading a child. When Tom saw this small girl, waves of happiness went over him. He began hitting other boys, pulling their hair, doing everything to force the new girl to look at him and smile. He was quickly forgetting the water the woman threw from her window the night before. The gentlemen and the lady went to the front of the church and sat down there. Then the teacher told who they were. One gentleman was Mr. Thatcher, who lived in the village. All knew him. But one was his brother, the great Judge Thatcher. He had traveled, he had seen the world,
