the adventures of tom sawyer
...om was a smart kid, so when he saw a classmate come along he saw an opportunity to get out of work. Tom tricked the boy into white-washing the fence for him, and in exchange for the opportunity to paint the fence, the boy had to "pay" him an apple. Tom tricked other kids too. They all traded something for the opportunity to white-wash the fence. Tom was "rich" and the fence was finished in no time. So, Tom went swimming. Aunt Polly was impressed when she saw the fence. That night Tom complained about a tooth that was sore. Aunt Polly tied a string to his tooth and then tied the string to a bedpost. She frightened him with a The Adventures of Tom sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain This is a story about a young boy named Tom Sawyer who is very mischievous and likes to go on adventures. He lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Tom also had two friends named Joe Harper and Huck Finn. Becky Thatcher is Tom’s girlfriend and Injun Joe is the town’s thief and murderer. This story took place in the mid-1800s in a small village in Missouri along the Mississippi River. The story begins when Aunt Polly has to punish Tom Sawyer for playing hooky from school. She orders him to white-wash the fence on a Saturday afternoon. To...