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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 4, Página 6
Only
one
thing
was
missing
to
complete
Mr.
Walters'
joy:
the
chance
to
award
a
Bible
prize
and
present
a
prodigy.
Some
students
had
a
few
yellow
tickets,
but
none
had
enough.
He
had
inquired
among
the
star
pupils.
He
would
have
given
anything
to
have
that
German
boy
back
with
a
clear
mind.
At
that
moment,
when
hope
seemed
lost,
Tom
Sawyer
stepped
forward
with
nine
yellow
tickets,
nine
red
tickets,
and
ten
blue
ones,
demanding
a
Bible.
This
was
like
a
bolt
from
the
blue.
Walters
hadn't
expected
an
application
from
this
source
for
another
ten
years.
But
there
was
no
denying
it—these
were
legitimate
tickets,
and
they
were
valid.
Tom
was
thus
elevated
to
a
place
with
the
Judge
and
the
other
distinguished
figures,
and
the
news
was
announced
from
the
main
stage.
It
was
the
most
astonishing
surprise
of
the
decade,
so
significant
that
it
lifted
the
new
hero
to
the
Judge's
level,
giving
the
school
two
marvels
to
admire
instead
of
one.
The
boys
were
consumed
with
envy,
but
those
who
felt
it
most
were
the
ones
who
realized
too
late
that
they
had
contributed
to
Tom's
success
by
trading
tickets
for
privileges
to
paint
fences.
They
despised
themselves
for
being
fooled
by
a
cunning
trickster,
a
sly
snake
in
the
grass.
The
prize
was
given
to
Tom
with
as
much
enthusiasm
as
the
superintendent
could
muster
under
the
circumstances;
yet
it
lacked
real
excitement
because
the
poor
man's
instinct
told
him
there
was
a
mystery
here
that
might
not
withstand
scrutiny.
It
seemed
absurd
that
this
boy
had
gathered
two
thousand
pieces
of
Scriptural
knowledge—just
a
dozen
would
stretch
his
limits,
surely.
Amy
Lawrence
was
proud
and
happy,
trying
to
show
Tom
her
feelings
through
her
expression—but
he
wouldn't
look.
She
wondered;
then
she
felt
a
bit
troubled;
next,
a
faint
suspicion
came
and
went—came
again;
she
watched;
a
secretive
glance
revealed
everything—and
then
her
heart
broke,
and
she
was
jealous,
angry,
and
tears
came,
and
she
hated
everyone.
Tom
most
of
all
(she
thought).
Tom
was
introduced
to
the
Judge,
but
he
was
speechless,
struggling
to
breathe,
his
heart
pounding—partly
due
to
the
man's
intimidating
stature,
but
mostly
because
he
was
her
father.
He
would
have
liked
to
bow
down
and
worship
him,
if
it
were
dark.
The
Judge
placed
a
hand
on
Tom's
head,
called
him
a
fine
little
man,
and
asked
his
name.
The
boy
stammered,
gasped,
and
got
it
out:
"Tom."
"Oh,
no,
not
Tom—it
is—"
"Thomas."
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