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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Capítulo 6, Página 17
By
and
by
attention
ceased
from
him,
and
the
accustomed
school
murmur
rose
upon
the
dull
air
once
more.
Presently
the
boy
began
to
steal
furtive
glances
at
the
girl.
She
observed
it,
“made
a
mouth”
at
him
and
gave
him
the
back
of
her
head
for
the
space
of
a
minute.
When
she
cautiously
faced
around
again,
a
peach
lay
before
her.
She
thrust
it
away.
Tom
gently
put
it
back.
She
thrust
it
away
again,
but
with
less
animosity.
Tom
patiently
returned
it
to
its
place.
Then
she
let
it
remain.
Tom
scrawled
on
his
slate,
“Please
take
it—I
got
more.”
The
girl
glanced
at
the
words,
but
made
no
sign.
Now
the
boy
began
to
draw
something
on
the
slate,
hiding
his
work
with
his
left
hand.
For
a
time
the
girl
refused
to
notice;
but
her
human
curiosity
presently
began
to
manifest
itself
by
hardly
perceptible
signs.
The
boy
worked
on,
apparently
unconscious.
The
girl
made
a
sort
of
non-committal
attempt
to
see,
but
the
boy
did
not
betray
that
he
was
aware
of
it.
At
last
she
gave
in
and
hesitatingly
whispered:
“Let
me
see
it.”
Tom
partly
uncovered
a
dismal
caricature
of
a
house
with
two
gable
ends
to
it
and
a
corkscrew
of
smoke
issuing
from
the
chimney.
Then
the
girl’s
interest
began
to
fasten
itself
upon
the
work
and
she
forgot
everything
else.
When
it
was
finished,
she
gazed
a
moment,
then
whispered:
“It’s
nice—make
a
man.”
The
artist
erected
a
man
in
the
front
yard,
that
resembled
a
derrick.
He
could
have
stepped
over
the
house;
but
the
girl
was
not
hypercritical;
she
was
satisfied
with
the
monster,
and
whispered:
“It’s
a
beautiful
man—now
make
me
coming
along.”
Tom
drew
an
hour-glass
with
a
full
moon
and
straw
limbs
to
it
and
armed
the
spreading
fingers
with
a
portentous
fan.
The
girl
said:
“It’s
ever
so
nice—I
wish
I
could
draw.”
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