The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

Tom did play hookey and he had a very good time. He got back home barely in season to helpJim the small colored boy saw next-day's wood and split the kindlings before supper-at least hewas there in time to tell his adventures to Jim while Jim did three-fourths of the work. Tom'syounger brother (or rather half-brother) Sid was already through with his part of the work (pickingup chips) for he was a quiet boy and had no adventurous trouble-some ways.While Tom was eating his supper and stealing sugar as opportunity offered Aunt Polly asked himquestions that were full of guile and very deep-for she wanted to trap him into damagingrevealments. Like many other simple-hearted souls it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowedwith a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy and she loved to contemplate her most transparentdevices as marvels of low cunning. Said she: Tom it was middling warm in school warn't it?Yes'm.Powerful warm warn't it?Yes'm.Didn't you want to go in a-swimming Tom?