Tom Sawyer Page #3

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screamin' and a-hollerin'

like she's gonna die.

And a bone

stickin' right out of her leg.

Stickin' right out of her leg?

Well, I had to run clear across town

to fetch Doc Robinson.

He's up there right now

sewin' up the poor widder's leg.

- Must've needed 50 stitches.

- 50?

Yeah! And that's how come

I'm late for supper.

I sure worked up a big appetite

doin' all that runnin' and chasin'...

Good evening, Thomas.

What a string of fibs you tell,

Tom Sawyer.

I oughta wash

your mouth out with soap.

That's all right, Aunt Polly,

if'n you let me put some supper in first.

Why don't you tell the truth for once?

You were playin' hooky again,

weren't you?

And why's your shirt damp?

'Cause you were swimming

with Huckleberry Finn, weren't you?

- Aunt Polly.

- Don't you lie to me.

I have warned you time and again

to stay away from that trash.

No dinner for you tonight.

Upstairs, to bed with you this minute!

You're gonna need your sleep

'cause you're gonna pay for this tomorrow.

His idols

are the wastrels of this town,

like that no-good, shiftless,

foul-mouthed Huckleberry Finn.

Huckleberry Finn.

You know, Polly, he's not really bad.

He just has no one.

Well, I mean, he needs

a strong influence like Thomas.

Well, with those two it's hard

to figure who's influencin' who.

I think the time has come for some

good old-fashioned uninfluencin'.

- All of it?

- Two coats.

- Two coats?!

- All of it.

Quarter speed! Ding, ding!

Hard a port.

Steady as she goes.

The River Queen's

comin' around the bend.

Guess what I seen.

New family movin' in the empty house.

Name's Thatcher.

He's a judge.

They got a real pretty daughter.

Heck, girls ain't no fun.

Always gigglin' or weepin'.

What do you know about girls?

I was engaged to Amy Lawrence.

Always gigglin' or weepin'.

Poor Tom.

You're workin'

your head off, ain't you?

- No, I ain't.

- Then what you doin'?

- I feel sorry for you, Joe.

- You're sorry for me?

Yeah, 'cause you can't get

what I get.

- What you get?

- Satisfaction.

From whitewashin'?

You get more than that.

You get gratifaction.

Gratifaction?

Yeah.

That's what you get.

Gratifaction.

Yep, I feel sorry for you, Joe.

Let me have a turn.

Please, Tom?

You don't know

what you're askin', Joe.

I'll give you my glass stopper.

Genuine crystal.

It's pretty good,

but I don't know.

Just for a couple of licks.

All right, just for a couple.

That's all.

Watch you don't slop none.

What'd you give him

to do your chores?

What chores?

He's doin' your whitewashin',

ain't he?

I'm afraid you've got this

all turned around. Joe gimme this.

- He paid you?

- Sure.

Look at him havin' all that fun.

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