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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 2, Página 2
Jim
began
to
waver.
“White
alley,
Jim!
And
it’s
a
great
marble.”
“Wow!
That’s
a
lovely
marble,
I
tell
you!
But
Master
Tom,
I’m
really
afraid
Missus—”
“And
besides,
if
you
will,
I’ll
show
you
my
sore
toe.”
Jim
was
only
human—this
was
too
tempting.
He
put
down
his
pail,
took
the
white
alley,
and
bent
over
the
toe
with
keen
interest
while
the
bandage
was
unwound.
In
another
moment
he
was
running
down
the
street
with
his
pail
and
a
tingling
rear,
Tom
was
whitewashing
energetically,
and
Aunt
Polly
was
retreating
with
a
slipper
in
her
hand
and
triumph
in
her
eyes.
But
Tom’s
energy
didn’t
last.
He
began
to
think
about
the
fun
he
had
planned
for
the
day,
and
his
troubles
grew.
Soon
the
free
boys
would
come
along
on
all
sorts
of
exciting
adventures,
and
they
would
laugh
at
him
for
having
to
work—the
thought
burned
him
like
fire.
He
took
out
his
worldly
possessions
and
examined
them—bits
of
toys,
marbles,
and
trinkets;
enough
to
trade
for
work,
maybe,
but
not
nearly
enough
to
buy
even
half
an
hour
of
pure
freedom.
So
he
returned
his
meager
wealth
to
his
pocket,
abandoning
the
idea
of
buying
the
boys.
At
this
dark
and
hopeless
moment,
an
inspiration
struck
him!
Nothing
less
than
a
grand,
magnificent
idea.
He
picked
up
his
brush
and
went
calmly
back
to
work.
Ben
Rogers
soon
appeared—the
very
boy
whose
ridicule
he
feared
most.
Ben
was
hopping
and
skipping—proof
that
he
was
in
high
spirits.
He
was
eating
an
apple
and
giving
a
long,
melodious
whoop,
followed
by
a
deep-toned
ding-dong-dong,
for
he
was
pretending
to
be
a
steamboat.
As
he
came
closer,
he
slowed
down,
took
the
middle
of
the
street,
leaned
far
over
to
one
side,
and
turned
with
great
pomp
and
circumstance—for
he
was
pretending
to
be
the
Big
Missouri,
imagining
he
was
drawing
nine
feet
of
water.
He
was
boat,
captain,
and
engine-bells
combined,
imagining
himself
on
his
own
hurricane-deck
giving
orders
and
executing
them:
“Stop
her,
sir!
Ting-a-ling-ling!”
The
headway
almost
stopped,
and
he
drew
up
slowly
toward
the
sidewalk.
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