The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Page #2

OF DISTINGUISHED

VISITORS.

JUDGE THATCHER,

THE NEWLY ELECTED

MAGISTRATE OF OUR COUNTY

HAS CONSENTED TO MAKE

THE PRESENTATION

OF THE BIBLE PRIZE

TO SIDNEY SAWYER.

COME UP, SIDNEY.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

6, 7, 8-

AHEM.

I'M SORRY, SIDNEY,

BUT I'M AFRAID YOU'LL

HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER WEEK.

YOU ARE 2 TICKETS SHORT.

I WASN'T SHORT WHEN

I CAME IN HERE.

COME ON.

I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE IS

ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS LEARNED

THE NECESSARY:

2,000 VERSES?

OH, I THOUGHT NOT.

MR. WALTERS!

I'M READY

FOR A BIBLE.

I'VE GOT ENOUGH TICKETS.

WELL!

VERY WELL.

TAKE A SEAT ON THE

PLATFORM WHILE I COUNT THEM.

1, 2, 3, 4,

5-

AHEM.

5, 6,

7, 8,

9, 10.

YES, IT'S QUITE TRUE.

HERE IS THE REQUISITE

NUMBER OF TICKETS.

THEN THE YOUNG MAN IS CERTAINLY

ENTITLED TO HIS REWARD.

YES.

THEN IF YOU WILL

BE SO KIND, JUDGE.

WELL, MY FINE LITTLE MAN,

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

TOM.

OH, NO.

IT IS, UH...

THOMAS?

BUT YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE,

I DARE SAY.

TELL THE GENTLEMAN YOUR

OTHER NAME, THOMAS,

AND SAY, SIR.

SIR THOMAS SAWYER.

2,000 VERSES

ARE A GREAT MANY.

AND YOU CAN NEVER BE SORRY FOR

THE TROUBLE YOU TOOK TO LEARN THEM.

NO DOUBT YOU KNOW ALL

THE NAMES OF THE 12 DISCIPLES?

WHO WERE THE FIRST 2?

ANSWER THE JUDGE,

THOMAS. DON'T BE AFRAID.

HE'S FRIGHTENED, POOR BOY.

BUT I KNOW HE'LL TELL ME.

NOW, THE NAMES OF THE FIRS 2 DISCIPLES WERE?

WERE?

ADAM AND EVE!

THY BANNERS MAKE

TYRANNY TREMBLE:

WHEN BORNE BY:

THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE

BE SEATED.

THOMAS SAWYER!

YES, MR. DOBBINS?

COME UP HERE.

NOW, SIR...

WHY ARE YOU LATE

THIS TIME?

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE

TO SIT WITH THE GIRLS AGAIN?

OH, NO, MR. DOBBINS.

THEN I TRUST YOU HAVE

AN EXCELLENT EXCUSE?

I STOPPED TO TALK

TO HUCK FINN.

HUCKLEBERRY FINN!

DOES YOUR AUNT ALLOW YOU TO

ASSOCIATE WITH SUCH RIFF-RAFF?

WELL, I-

OF COURSE NOT.

GO SIT WITH THE GIRLS,

YOU-YOU-

WE WILL START WITH

DRILL IN MULTIPLICATION.

YOU WILL HAVE:

PRECISELY 2 MINUTES

TO WRITE THE ANSWERS

ON YOUR SLATES.

HMM.

COME, COME.

TIME IS FLEET.

You'll tell.

It's wonderful.

Why you bad thing!

WHO DREW THIS?!

WHOSE SLATE IS THIS?!

JONAH PAUPER,

DID YOU DRAW THIS?

NO, SIR.

WILLIE FISHER, DID YOU?

NO, SIR!

BENJAMIN ROGERS!

REBECCA THATCHER?!

DID YOU?

NO? LOOK ME IN THE EYE!

DID YOU DRAW THIS?!

SPEAK UP!

NO?

WE'LL SEE.

COME UP HERE,

REBECCA THATCHER.

I DONE IT!

WHAT?!

I DID IT, SIR.

COME UP HERE,

THOMAS SAWYER.

HMMPH!

OOH!

ATTENTION!

WE WILL CONTINUE FROM WHERE

WE WERE INTERRUPTED.

YOU HAVE PRECISELY...

32 SECONDS

TO COMPLETE THE DRILL.

"HOW COULD YOU BE SO NOBLE?"

"HOW COULD YOU BE SO NOBLE?"

"HOW COULD YOU BE SO NOBLE?"

HELLO, TOM.

HELLO, BECKY.

DO YOU LOVE RATS?

NO, I HATE THEM.

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