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Tom Sawyer - Online Term Paper

Tom Sawyer

was a boy, not one of the sort that you read about in good books,
but a little devil, never malicious and always at some trick, and in the course
of years he engaged in a multitude, all of which are here recorded in Twain's
style. He had special aversions for church, Sunday school, pious people, devout
conversation and the company of his sedate but good old aunt. In spite of his
efforts to escape from such inflictions he had to suffer them once in a while,
but in his efforts to get some diversion on such occasions he more than once
made lively sensations. Too lazy to get his Sunday school lessons, he managed by
sharp trading to buy up a lot of the tickets given to the best pupils, and ...

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the study of the four Gospels. Tom felt the necessity of
giving some answer, and his was "David and Goliath," to the surprise of the
visitor, the consternation of the head teacher and the amusement of the school.
When Tom went to church he took a large snapping bug (which has a grip like a
crab) with him, and it got hold of a church-going dog, which rushed around the
building and howled in a manner highly unbecoming to the place. When he was sick
his aunt gave him pain-killer, and when she went out he gave a dose to the cat,
which squawled, rushed around like mad, upsetting everything, and then jumped
through the window, breaking a pane of glass in the way. Aunt Polly hearing the
disturbance and finding the cause, scolded Tom for being so cruel to the cat,
but Tom said she had compelled him to take pain-killer when he protested, and he
had not given it to pussy till she came and begged for a taste when she saw him
pour it into a spoon. He went to school, and got into trouble on ...

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Added: 11/27/2007 06:20:35 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 556
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