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1、TheAdventuresofTomSawyerMarkTwainThiseBookwasdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.com/.TohearaboutourlatestreleasessubscribetothePlanetPDFNewsletter.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerPREFACEMOSToftheadventuresrecordedinthisbookreallyoccurred;oneortwowere
2、experiencesofmyown,therestthoseofboyswhowereschoolmatesofmine.HuckFinnisdrawnfromlife;TomSawyeralso,butnotfromanindividual—heisacombina-tionofthecharacteristicsofthreeboyswhomIknew,andthereforebelongstothecompositeorderofarchi-tecture.Theoddsuperstitionstoucheduponwereallpreva-lentamongchildre
3、nandslavesintheWestattheperiodofthisstory—thatistosay,thirtyorfortyyearsago.Althoughmybookisintendedmainlyfortheen-tertainmentofboysandgirls,Ihopeitwillnotbeshunnedbymenandwomenonthataccount,forpartofmyplanhasbeentotrytopleasantlyremindadultsofwhattheyoncewerethemselves,andofhowtheyfeltandthou
4、ghtandtalked,andwhatqueerenterprisestheysometimesengagedin.THEAUTHOR.HARTFORD,1876.2of353TheAdventuresofTomSawyerChapterI‘TOM!’Noanswer.‘TOM!’Noanswer.‘What’sgonewiththatboy,Iwonder?YouTOM!’Noanswer.Theoldladypulledherspectaclesdownandlookedoverthemabouttheroom;thensheputthemupandlookedoutunde
5、rthem.SheseldomorneverlookedTHROUGHthemforsosmallathingasaboy;theywereherstatepair,theprideofherheart,andwerebuiltfor‘style,’notservice—shecouldhaveseenthroughapairofstove-lidsjustaswell.Shelookedperplexedforamoment,andthensaid,notfiercely,butstillloudenoughforthefurnituretohear:‘Well,IlayifIg
6、etholdofyouI’ll—‘Shedidnotfinish,forbythistimeshewasbendingdownandpunchingunderthebedwiththebroom,andsosheneededbreathtopunctuatethepuncheswith.Sheresurrectednothingbutthecat.‘Ineverdidseethebeatofthatboy!’3of353TheAdventuresofTomSawyerShewenttotheopendoorandstoodinitandlookedoutamongthetomato
7、vinesand‘jimpson’weedsthatconstitutedthegarden.NoTom.Soshelifteduphervoiceatananglecalculatedfordistanceandshouted:‘Y-o-u-uTOM!’Therewasaslightnoisebehindherandsheturnedjustintimetoseizeasmallboybytheslackofhisroundaboutandarresthisflig