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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 32, Página 1
Tuesday
afternoon
came
and
slowly
turned
into
evening.
The
village
of
St.
Petersburg
was
still
sad.
The
lost
children
had
not
been
found.
Public
prayers
were
said
for
them,
and
many
private
prayers
too,
but
still
no
good
news
came
from
the
cave.
Most
of
the
searchers
had
given
up
and
returned
to
their
daily
lives,
saying
the
children
would
never
be
found.
Mrs.
Thatcher
was
very
ill
and
often
delirious.
People
said
it
was
heartbreaking
to
hear
her
call
for
her
child,
then
listen
quietly,
and
finally
lay
her
head
down
again
with
a
moan.
Aunt
Polly
was
in
a
deep
sadness,
and
her
gray
hair
was
almost
white.
The
village
went
to
bed
on
Tuesday
night,
feeling
sad
and
lonely.
In
the
middle
of
the
night,
the
village
bells
rang
loudly,
and
soon
the
streets
were
full
of
excited,
half-dressed
people
shouting,
“Come
out!
Come
out!
They’re
found!
They’re
found!”
Tin
pans
and
horns
added
to
the
noise.
The
people
gathered
and
moved
toward
the
river,
meeting
the
children
in
an
open
carriage
drawn
by
cheering
citizens.
They
surrounded
the
carriage,
joined
the
march,
and
went
up
the
main
street,
shouting
with
joy.
The
village
was
lit
up;
nobody
went
to
bed
again.
It
was
the
greatest
night
the
little
town
had
ever
seen.
During
the
first
half-hour,
a
line
of
villagers
went
through
Judge
Thatcher’s
house,
hugged
the
rescued
children,
squeezed
Mrs.
Thatcher’s
hand,
tried
to
speak
but
couldn’t,
and
left,
crying
tears
of
joy
everywhere.
Aunt
Polly
was
completely
happy,
and
Mrs.
Thatcher
was
almost
there.
Her
happiness
would
be
complete
once
the
messenger
sent
to
the
cave
delivered
the
news
to
her
husband.
Tom
lay
on
a
sofa
with
an
eager
crowd
around
him
and
told
the
story
of
their
amazing
adventure,
adding
exciting
details
to
make
it
better.
He
finished
by
describing
how
he
left
Becky
and
went
exploring;
how
he
followed
two
paths
as
far
as
his
kite-line
would
go;
how
he
followed
a
third
path
to
the
end
of
the
kite-line
and
was
about
to
turn
back
when
he
saw
a
speck
of
daylight
far
away;
he
dropped
the
line,
moved
toward
it,
pushed
his
head
and
shoulders
through
a
small
hole,
and
saw
the
wide
Mississippi
River
flowing
by!
If
it
had
been
night,
he
would
not
have
seen
that
speck
of
daylight
and
would
not
have
explored
that
passage!
He
told
how
he
went
back
for
Becky
and
shared
the
good
news,
but
she
told
him
not
to
bother
her
with
such
nonsense,
as
she
was
tired
and
felt
like
she
was
going
to
die.
He
explained
how
he
convinced
her,
and
how
she
almost
died
from
joy
when
she
saw
the
blue
speck
of
daylight.
He
pushed
his
way
out
of
the
hole
and
helped
her
out
too;
they
sat
and
cried
with
happiness.
Some
men
came
by
in
a
skiff,
and
Tom
called
them
and
explained
their
situation
and
how
hungry
they
were;
the
men
didn’t
believe
the
wild
story
at
first,
“because,”
they
said,
“you
are
five
miles
down
the
river
from
where
the
cave
is”—but
then
they
took
them
aboard,
rowed
to
a
house,
gave
them
supper,
let
them
rest
for
a
few
hours
after
dark,
and
then
brought
them
home.
Before
dawn,
Judge
Thatcher
and
the
small
group
of
searchers
with
him
were
found
in
the
cave
by
the
twine
clues
they
had
left
behind
and
were
told
the
great
news.
Three
days
and
nights
of
work
and
hunger
in
the
cave
were
not
easy
to
recover
from,
as
Tom
and
Becky
soon
found
out.
They
stayed
in
bed
all
of
Wednesday
and
Thursday
and
felt
more
and
more
tired.
Tom
got
up
a
little
on
Thursday,
went
downtown
Friday,
and
was
almost
back
to
normal
by
Saturday.
But
Becky
didn’t
leave
her
room
until
Sunday,
and
she
looked
as
if
she
had
been
very
sick.
Tom
heard
about
Huck’s
illness
and
went
to
see
him
on
Friday,
but
he
couldn’t
go
into
the
bedroom;
nor
could
he
on
Saturday
or
Sunday.
He
was
allowed
to
visit
daily
after
that,
but
was
told
not
to
talk
about
his
adventure
or
bring
up
any
exciting
topics.
The
Widow
Douglas
stayed
nearby
to
make
sure
he
followed
the
rules.
At
home,
Tom
learned
about
the
Cardiff
Hill
event
and
that
the
“ragged
man’s”
body
had
been
found
in
the
river
near
the
ferry
landing;
he
had
drowned
while
trying
to
escape,
perhaps.
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