TOM SAWYER

     Part 1

Tom Sawyer was a young boy who lived with his aynt Polly and his brother Sid in the village of St.Petersburg, by the Mississippi. He was a good boy, but he always got himself into trouble.

One day, Aunt Polly was looking for him. Suddenly he appeared with jam on his face.

Aunt Polly: Tom, I told you not to eat the jam!

Tom: Uh, well… Aunt Polly, look behind you!

As Aunt Polly turned around, Tom ran out of the house, before she could ask him anything.

Tom was still running when he saw a strange boy. Tom looked at him and new clothes and shoes. He didn’t like the strange boy.

Tom: You! What’s your name?

Boy: I’m not going to tell you!

Tom: You must tell me! I want to know.

Boy: No! You tell me your name!

Tom: I asked you first!

Tom and the boy started fighting. They punched and scratched each other. The boy ran away crying. It was getting late, so Tom climbed through the bedroom window, because he didn’t want his Aunt Polly to see him. But Aunt Polly was standing there, in his bedroom. She was very angry!

Aunt Polly: Thomas Sawyer! For what you did just now, you’ll paint the fence tomorrow!

The next morning, Tom was standing in front of the fence. It was very long and very high. As he started painting, Ben, a friend from school, came by…

Ben: I’m going to the river, do you want to come with me?

Tom really wanted to go but he knew he couldn’t. Then, he had an idea.

Tom: Aunt Polly let me paint the fence. Nobody else can do it, you know.

Ben: What do you mean? I can do it!

Ben gave Tom five of his marbles to let him paint. More boys came by, and Tom got them to do the job for him. In the afternoon the fence was as good as new, Tom had a lot of new toys and Auny Polly was very pleased.

Part 2

It was Monday morning, time for school. But Tom was very lazy on Monday mornings. He started moaning.

Aunt Polly: What’s the matter, Tom?

Tom: Oh, I’m dying! I’m not well. My tooth hurts!

Aunt Polly: We’ll put it out, then. Open your mouth.

Tom: No, no, I’m OK now, Aunty!

But Aunt Polly pulled out his tooth and Tom was very proud of the gap in his teeth, because he could spit and whistle through it. He showed off on the way to school and the boys were jealous. Then he met his friend Huckleberry Finn. Huck lived on his own, with the help of the villagers, and he didn’t go to school. Aunt Polly didn’t let Tom play with Huck, but Tom did because they were friends and he liked him.

Tom: Hello, Huck, what’s that?

Huck: It’s a dead cat.

Tom: We should bury it. But I have to go to school now. Let’s meet at the graveyard at midnight and bury it then.

Tom was late for school and the teacher told him to sit with the girl. Tom was happy, because he could sit next to Becky Thatcher, the new girl in school. She was very beautiful and Tom liked her a lot. Tom started drawing.

Becky: Let me see. Who’s that?

Tom: It’s you.

Becky: It’s nice. I can’t draw.

Tom: I can show you how! Let’s meet after school.

After scool, Tom met Becky. He gave her a pencil and together they drew a house. Then they started talking.

Tom: Do you like rates?

Becky: No, I don’t. I like chewing gum.

Tom: Here, have some… Becky… do you want to get engaged to me?

Becky: Well, I don’t know…

Tom: Come on, Becky, it’s nice! Me and Amy Laurence…

She started to cry and ran away. Tom ran after her but she dodn’t want to listen to him. They both went home very upset.