汤姆·索亚历险记｜The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一个淘气男孩的冒险成长故事, 刷墙的智慧, 墓地惊魂On the banks of the Mississippi River, in the little town of St Petersburg, summer sun baked the white wooden housesA boy with messy hair ran barefoot down the muddy road, his pockets full of marbles and dead bugs, his knees caked in mudHis name was Tom Sawyer, the biggest troublemaker in townAunt Polly stood at the door, waving a wooden spoon, Tom slipped out the back, hopped over the fence, and ran faster than a rabbitHe didn't want to whitewash that long fence, it was his punishment for the dayHe crouched under a tree watching ants carry their loads, his mind spinning with a clever trickSuddenly he jumped up, grabbed the brush, and made one stroke on the wallHis friend Billy walked by, and Tom pretended that painting the fence was the most fun thing in the worldHe hummed a tune, painted a stroke, stepped back, and tilted his head to admire his workBilly was mesmerized, and begged Tom to let him tryTom shook his head and said, "This isn't just for anyone, you know"Billy pulled out an apple, and only then did Tom hand over the brushOne by one, the other kids lined up to paint the fenceTom sat under the tree eating apples, watching them workThe fence got painted three times, and his pockets were stuffed with marbles, spools of thread, and little pinwheelsThe sun went down, and the town grew quiet, Tom climbed out the window with a dead cat and sneaked off to the graveyardHe wanted to try an old trick, using a dead cat to cure wartsHuck Finn was waiting for him under the old treeHuck had no mother and no home, he wore ragged clothes, and the grown-ups in town wouldn't let him near their childrenThe two boys crouched behind a tombstone, the moonlight stretching their shadows longThree dark figures walked up, it was Dr Robinson, old Muff Potter, and Injun JoeThey were digging up a grave, and a quarrel broke outInjun Joe knocked Potter to the ground with one punch, grabbed Potter's knife, and stabbed the doctorTom and Huck trembled all over, clutching each other in terrorInjun Joe shoved the knife into Potter's hand, and when Potter woke up, he thought he'd killed the manThe two boys ran home as fast as they could, swearing they'd never breathe a word about that nightA few days later, Potter was locked up in jail, Everyone in town said he was the murdererTom couldn't eat, couldn't sleepHe went to visit Potter, and Potter actually thanked the townsfolk for being kind to himTom's heart felt like a stone was pressing down on itOn the day of the trial, Tom sat in the courtroom, his palms dripping with sweatPotter hung his head, and his lawyer didn't even try to defend himTom stood up and walked to the judgeHe raised his hand and told the truth about that nightInjun Joe lunged forward, knocked over his chair, smashed through the courtroom door, and disappeared without a tracePotter was set free, and he hugged Tom and criedTom became the hero of the town, but he wasn't happy at allInjun Joe was still out there somewhere, and Tom had nightmares every nightHe got his best friends Joe Harper and Huck together, and the three of them decided to become piratesThey stole some bread and salted meat, paddled a raft down the river, and landed on Jackson's IslandNo grown-ups on the island, and no rules eitherThey swam in their bare skin, caught fish in the river, and kept the campfire burning till midnightTom lay on the grass, thinking it was the greatest place in the worldThe townsfolk searched every inch of the riverbank, but couldn't find the three boysEveryone thought they'd drownedA funeral was held at the church, and Aunt Polly cried so hard she could barely standJust as the preacher was saying the last words, the church door creaked openTom, Huck, and Joe Harper stood in the doorway, alive and full of energyThe whole church went silent for a second, then erupted into deafening cheersAunt Polly grabbed Tom and held him tight, laughing and crying at the same timeNear the end of summer, Becky invited everyone to explore McDougal's CaveThe cave was huge, its tunnels winding like a mazeTom and Becky ran ahead of the others, holding up candles, going deeper and deeperThey saw bats, an underground lake, and stalactites hanging like iciclesWhen the candles were almost gone, they realized they were lostTom scratched marks on the walls, but every tunnel looked the sameBecky was terrified, tears rolling down her cheeks one by oneTom held her hand and promised he'd find the way outThey shared the last piece of cake, and when the candles died, the cave was pitch blackTom felt his way forward, his fingers trailing along the wet stone wallsThen he spotted a faint glimmer of light in the distanceIt was sunlight, He pulled Becky through a small hole and out into the openThey collapsed on the grass, gulping down big breaths of fresh airThe whole town was overjoyed, but then Tom heard something terribleThe judge had put a heavy iron door on the cave entrance and locked itTom's face went white in an instantInjun Joe was still inside the cavePeople rushed to the cave, pried open the door, and found Injun Joe dead inside, his knife still beside himTom stayed silent for a long timeSome time later, Tom went to find HuckHe led Huck back into the cave, and from the corner where Injun Joe had hidden, they dug out a chest full of gold coinsTwelve thousand dollars in gold, gleaming in the candlelightThe two boys stared wide-eyed, looking at each other, and then they burst out laughing togetherEveryone in town said Tom Sawyer had grown up, that he'd become a real heroBut Tom was still the same old Tom, with his messy hair, his muddy knees, and his pockets full of marbles and stones前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动