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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 3, Página 1
Tom
presented
himself
before
Aunt
Polly,
who
was
sitting
by
an
open
window
in
a
pleasant
rearward
apartment,
which
was
bedroom,
breakfast-room,
dining-room,
and
library,
combined.
The
balmy
summer
air,
the
restful
quiet,
the
odor
of
the
flowers,
and
the
drowsing
murmur
of
the
bees
had
had
their
effect,
and
she
was
nodding
over
her
knitting—for
she
had
no
company
but
the
cat,
and
it
was
asleep
in
her
lap.
Her
spectacles
were
propped
up
on
her
gray
head
for
safety.
She
had
thought
that
of
course
Tom
had
deserted
long
ago,
and
she
wondered
at
seeing
him
place
himself
in
her
power
again
in
this
intrepid
way.
He
said:
“Mayn’t
I
go
and
play
now,
aunt?”
“What,
a’ready?
How
much
have
you
done?”
“It’s
all
done,
aunt.”
“Tom,
don’t
lie
to
me—I
can’t
bear
it.”
“I
ain’t,
aunt;
it
is
all
done.”
Aunt
Polly
placed
small
trust
in
such
evidence.
She
went
out
to
see
for
herself;
and
she
would
have
been
content
to
find
twenty
per
cent.
of
Tom’s
statement
true.
When
she
found
the
entire
fence
white-washed,
and
not
only
whitewashed
but
elaborately
coated
and
recoated,
and
even
a
streak
added
to
the
ground,
her
astonishment
was
almost
unspeakable.
She
said:
“Well,
I
never!
There’s
no
getting
round
it,
you
can
work
when
you’re
a
mind
to,
Tom.”
And
then
she
diluted
the
compliment
by
adding,
“But
it’s
powerful
seldom
you’re
a
mind
to,
I’m
bound
to
say.
Well,
go
’long
and
play;
but
mind
you
get
back
some
time
in
a
week,
or
I’ll
tan
you.”
She
was
so
overcome
by
the
splendor
of
his
achievement
that
she
took
him
into
the
closet
and
selected
a
choice
apple
and
delivered
it
to
him,
along
with
an
improving
lecture
upon
the
added
value
and
flavor
a
treat
took
to
itself
when
it
came
without
sin
through
virtuous
effort.
And
while
she
closed
with
a
happy
Scriptural
flourish,
he
“hooked”
a
doughnut.
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