Tom Sawyer is a boy who is full of adventures. In his world there is an adventure around every
corner. Some of his adventures have lead him into some bad situations but with his good heart and bright
mind he has gotten out of them. Tom lives with his aunt Polly, his cousin Mary and his bother Sid.
One of the first things to happen in the book is a memorable one, the painting of the fence. Tom's
aunt Polly made Tom paint her fence on a Saturday as a punishment. Tom just hated the idea of having to
work on a Saturday while all of the neighborhood could make fun of and harass him. After Tom tried to
trade some of his possessions for a few hours of freedom he had a stroke of genius, instead of him paying
people to work for him, he made people pay him to paint. Tom managed this by telling people that it isn't
every day that you get a chance to paint a fence and he thought it was fun. He had people begging him to
paint by the time that he was finished his story. He would have taken every boy in the town's wealth if he
On June 17th about the hour of midnight, Tom and his best friend Huck were out in the grave yard
trying to get rid of warts, when they witnessed a murder by Injun Joe. At the time Muff Potter was drunk
and asleep so Injun Joe blamed the murder him (Muff Potter). They knew if crazy Injun Joe found out they
knew, he would for sure kill them. Tom wrote on a wooden board "Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swear to
keep mum about this and they wish they may drop down dead in their tracks if they ever tell and rot", then
in their own blood they signed their initials TS and HF.
A few days after that incident Tom, Huck and Joe decided to go and become pirates because no
one cared for their company anymore. They stole some food and supplies and then they stole a raft and
paddled to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River. They stayed and pirated for several days, then
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