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1、TheAdventuresofTomSawyerByMarkTwainDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.PREFACEMOSToftheadventuresrecordedinthisbookreallyoccurred;oneortwowereexperiencesofmyown,therestthoseofboyswhowereschoolmatesof
2、mine.HuckFinnisdrawnfromlife;TomSawyeralso,butnotfromanindividual—heisacombinationofthecharacteristicsofthreeboyswhomIknew,andthereforebelongstothecom-positeorderofarchitecture.TheoddsuperstitionstoucheduponwereallprevalentamongchildrenandslavesintheWestattheperiodofthisstory
3、—thatistosay,thirtyorfortyyearsago.Althoughmybookisintendedmainlyfortheentertain-mentofboysandgirls,Ihopeitwillnotbeshunnedbymenandwomenonthataccount,forpartofmyplanhasbeentotrytopleasantlyremindadultsofwhattheyoncewerethemselves,andofhowtheyfeltandthoughtandtalked,andwhatque
4、erenterprisestheysometimesengagedin.THEAUTHOR.HARTFORD,1876.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerChapterI‘TOM!’Noanswer.‘TOM!’Noanswer.‘What’sgonewiththatboy,Iwonder?YouTOM!’Noanswer.Theoldladypulledherspectaclesdownandlookedoverthemabouttheroom;thensheputthemupandlookedoutunderthem.Shes
5、eldomorneverlookedTHROUGHthemforsosmallathingasaboy;theywereherstatepair,theprideofherheart,andwerebuiltfor‘style,’notservice—shecouldhaveseenthroughapairofstove-lidsjustaswell.Shelookedperplexedforamoment,andthensaid,notfiercely,butstillloudenoughforthefurnituretohear:‘Well,
6、IlayifIgetholdofyouI’ll—‘Shedidnotfinish,forbythistimeshewasbendingdownandpunchingunderthebedwiththebroom,andsosheneededbreathtopunctuatethepuncheswith.Sheresur-rectednothingbutthecat.‘Ineverdidseethebeatofthatboy!’Shewenttotheopendoorandstoodinitandlookedoutamongthetomatovin
7、esand‘jimpson’weedsthatconsti-tutedthegarden.NoTom.Soshelifteduphervoiceatananglecalculatedfordistanceandshouted:FreeeBooksatPlaneteBook.com‘Y-o-u-uTOM!’Therewasaslightnoisebehindherandsheturnedjustintimetoseizeasmallboybytheslackofhisroundaboutandarresthisflight.‘There!Imig
8、ht‘a’thoughtofthatcloset.Whatyoubeendoinginthere?’‘Nothing.’‘Nothing
