lt;lt;The Adventures of Tom Sawyergt;gt;-------Be a Pirate

Tom is now determined. He was melancholy and hopeless. He said that he became an abandoned child without friends or relatives, and no one loved him. Perhaps, when those people realize that they have forced the land into such a situation, they will feel guilty. He has been trying hard to make no mistakes

and do well, but people just don't let him do that; since they want to avoid him, then just do as they please

Well; let them blame him for what is going to happen - that's the virtue they have, let them be! Then again, how can a person like him, who has no relatives or connections, have the right to blame others? Yes, they were the ones who forced him to take a desperate step: he had no choice but to make a living in crime.

At this moment, he was almost at the end of Lawn Lane, and the school bell rang faintly in his ears. When he thought that he would never,

never hear this familiar voice, he couldn't help crying - how could the cruel fact not be uncomfortable, but this

People force it. Since they had deliberately thrown him into the ice cave, he had no choice but to accept his fate - but he forgave them. Thinking of this, he cried even more sadly.

At this moment, he met his best friend Joe Harper - his eyes were straight and he obviously had evil intentions. Needless to say,

the two of them are "common friends". Tom wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and while crying, he said that he was determined to leave this inhumane ghost school and his unsympathetic family, and wander around the world, never to return. Finally he said he hoped Joe would not forget him.

Coincidentally, it turned out that Joe came specially to say goodbye to Tom and make such a request to him. His mother beat him up for drinking cheese. In fact, he didn't drink it at all, never tasted it, and didn't know anything about it. It was obvious that she hated him

and wanted him to go away. Since she thinks so, what else can he do besides obey? I hope she can be happy and never regret that she drove her poor son out of the house and left him in a cruel world to suffer and die.

The two children made a new covenant while walking sadly, vowing to help each other, be brothers and sisters, and never separate

Unless the God of Death insists on breaking them up and letting them Get complete relief. Then they began to formulate an action plan.

Qiao proposed to become a hermit, staying away from people, living in caves in the wild, living on dry bread, and waiting for the day when he would freeze to death, starve

die, and die of sadness. However, after listening to Tom's words, he also thought that committing crimes was not a bad thing, so he readily agreed to become a pirate.

Three miles downstream from the town of St. Petersburg, where the Mississippi River is more than a mile wide, there is a narrow, wooded island. There is a very shallow beach in front of the island. This place is a Feng Shui treasure place for secret meetings. The island is deserted, very close to the other shore. There is a lush forest next to the river bank, which is sparsely populated. So they fell in love with Jackson Island. As for who to rob after becoming pirates, they didn't think twice. Then, they found Huckleberry Finn, and he immediately joined the gang, because for him, he was used to taking things as they came, and it didn't matter to him anyway. Soon they parted ways and arranged to meet at a secluded spot on the river bank two miles upstream of the town at midnight, their favorite hour. There was a small raft there, and they took it for themselves. Everyone must bring fishing hooks and lines, and use their own secret tricks - that is, steal things like robbers

and equip themselves with them. As soon as it got dark, they had already spread the word in the town, saying that people would soon "hear big news", and after this, they were very proud of themselves. Anyone who gets this hint is

- told to "keep silent and wait and see."

At midnight, Tom arrived with a cooked ham and a few small things. He was standing on a small cliff in a dense forest. Looking down from the cliff, you can see the place where they agreed to meet. It was a starry night, and there was silence all around. The wide river lies as still as the ocean. Tom listened for a while, but there was no sound to disturb the silence.

So he whistled. Although the sound was low, it was clearly audible. Someone immediately responded under the cliff. Tom blew twice more and got the same response. Then he heard a vigilant voice asking:

"Who is here?"

"I am the black robber of the Spanish Sea, Tom Sawyer. Who are you?"

"Huck Finn, the red-handed thief, and Joe Harper, the god of death at sea."

These two titles were picked out by Tom from his favorite books and given to him. Two.

"Okay, password?"

Two hoarse voices shouted out a terrifying word almost simultaneously in the silence:

"Blood!"

So Tom threw his ham off the cliff and slid down with him. His clothes and flesh were all damaged in the slide

Colorful. In fact, there is a straight path that leads directly to the bottom of the cliff, but taking that too flat and non-dangerous road makes the pirates feel less exciting.

The Sea Death brought a large piece of salt pork, which almost exhausted him. Finn, the red-handed thief, stole a long-handled frying pan, some half-dried tobacco leaves, and a few corn cobs to make pipes. But except himself

none of these pirates smoked or chewed tobacco. The black robber of the Spanish Sea said that nothing can happen without fire. It was a brilliant idea. At that time, matches were almost unknown in that area. They saw a smoking fire on a large raft a hundred yards upriver, and slipped over to get tinder. They deliberately pretended to be in danger and said "Shh!" from time to time. Suddenly they stopped with their fingers pressed to their lips. They advanced with imaginary knife hilts in hand, and issued orders in a low voice with a sullen face, saying that as long as the "enemy" dared to move, they would be "killed without mercy" so that "the dead would not be killed". Can make irresponsible remarks." They knew clearly that the people who supported the rafts had gone to the shops in town to purchase items or drink and have fun, but they still followed the usual stealing practices to steal the boats.

They soon abandoned the boat, with Tom in command, Huck the right oar, and Joe the front oar. Tom stood in the middle of the boat, eyebrows

furrowed, arms folded across his chest, giving the command in a low and majestic voice:

"Turn the rudder and sail toward the wind!"

"Yes - yes, Captain!"

"Be sure and go straight!"

"Yes, go straight, Captain!"

"Turn out a little?"

"That's it, Captain!"

The children rowed the raft toward the middle stream steadily and consistently. These passwords are just for show.

They don’t mean anything special, that’s all.

"What sail is hoisted now?"

"Block, topsail, jib, captain."

"Hold the topsail Pull it up! Get to the top of the mast, hey, all six of you start pulling up the jib of the foretopmast! Use more strength, hey!"

"Yes! ——Yes, Captain!"

"Raise the second jib-rig! Hey, men!"

"Yes--yes , Captain! "

"It's going to be strong - turn left! Turn left, turn left! Guys, keep it straight! ——Go!”

“Yes, go straight, Captain!”

The raft passed the middle stream, the children turned the bow and paddled hard.

The current was not fast, with a speed of no more than two or three miles.

For the next three quarters of an hour, almost no one said a word. Now the raft was rowing past the looming town. Two or three lights flickered,

showing the direction of the town. It was lying calmly and peacefully on the other side of the starry, sparkling river, without even noticing it.

What an amazing event is happening down there. The black-clad robber crossed his arms and stood motionless on the raft. He took "one last look" at the place that brought him both joy and depression, and hoped that "she" could see him in the white waves at this moment. On the sea, facing danger and death, without fear, with a sneer on his face, he died calmly. He used a little imagination and moved Jackson Island out of sight, so that when he took "one last look" at the town, he was a little hurt

Feelings, but also comfort. The other two pirates were also saying goodbye to their hometown. They looked at it for so long that they almost let the rapids wash the raft across the island. Fortunately, they discovered this danger in time and managed to prevent it. . At about two o'clock in the morning, the raft ran aground on the beach two hundred yards in front of the island. So they waded back and forth in the water and carried everything they brought to the shore.

Among the original items on the raft was an old sail, which they used to pitch a tent in a hidden spot in the bushes. They put their things in the tent, but they themselves followed the pirates' example and slept outside when the weather was nice.

Twenty or thirty steps away from the depths of the woods, they lit a fire next to a large fallen tree trunk and set up a flat-bottomed frying pan to cook it. I ordered some bacon for dinner and ate half of the cornbread I brought. Away from the crowd, living on a deserted island, picnicking freely in this primitive forest seemed to be endless fun, and they said they had no plans to return to the civilized world. The fierce flames soared, shining brightly on their faces, illuminating the forest temple they had propped up with tree trunks, and plating the light on those smooth

On the leaves that look like paint and on the ivy with flowers.

After finishing the last of the crunchy bacon and some cornbread, the children fell contentedly on the grass. They

could have found a cooler place, but with such a hot bonfire and such a romantic atmosphere, they really couldn't let go.

"Isn't it quite pleasant?" said Joe.

"Better than a living god!" Tom said, "If those boys could see us, what would they say?"

"What? Ha, they would be fascinated to death - —Hey, are you right, Huck?"

"I guess so," said Huckleberry. "Anyway, I like living here, I think. /p>

It's not bad. I don't even have a full meal - and there's no one here to bully you."

"I like this life too," said Tom. Said, "You don't have to get up early in the morning, and you don't have to go to school, and you don't have to wash your face, and you don't have to do any of that damn trouble. You know, Joe, when a pirate is on shore, he's There is no need to do anything, but as a hermit, he always has to pray and pray, so he has no happiness at all and is always alone

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"Well, yes, that's what happened," said Joe, "but you know, I didn't think much about it at first.

In the end, I'd rather be a pirate."

"You know," said Tom, "hermits aren't as popular as they were in the old days, but pirates have always been.

No one dared to look down upon it, and to be a hermit, you had to find the hardest place to sleep, with your head wrapped in burlap and smeared with dust, and you had to stand outside in the rain, and ——"

Huck asked: "Why do they wear burlap and ashes on their heads?"

"But they have to do that. It has to be like this.

If you are a hermit, you have to do the same. "

"I won't do it," said Huck.

"Then what do you do? ”

“I don’t know, I won’t do it anyway. "

"Huh, Huck, you have to do this, you can't escape. "

"Hey, I just don't want to suffer that crime, I will just walk away. "

"Just walk away! Huh, that's a good point, but then you will become an out-and-out lazy hermit, which is so embarrassing. ”

The red-handed thief was busy with other things and did not answer. He had just hollowed out a corn cob and was now busy loading a reed pole

to make a pipe. , put the tobacco leaves in, lit them with a large piece of red charcoal, and then took a puff, blowing out a stream of fragrant smoke - at this moment, he felt relaxed and happy, extremely comfortable. The two pirates looked at his majestic appearance and were very envious. They secretly decided to learn this trick as soon as possible. Huck said: "Pirates usually do this. What? "

Tom said: "Hey, they lived a fairy life - they snatched other people's boats and burned them, and they buried the money on their islands.

Those things on our island It's a spooky place, that place is haunted. They also killed everyone on board - blindfolded them and let them fall into the sea. "

"They also brought women back to the island," Joe said. "They didn't kill women. "Yes," said Tom in agreement, "they don't kill women - how great!"

Those women are often beautiful women. ”

“The clothes they wear are always very particular! Oh, that's not all! , they wear gold and silver," Qiao said happily.

"Who is it? "Huck asked.

"Hey, those pirates. "

Huck glanced pitifully at his clothes.

"I don't think I'm worthy of being a pirate because of my clothes," he said, his frustration palpable." But I have no other clothes except this one. ”

However, the other two companions comforted him and said that as long as they take action, good clothes will be available soon. They told him,

Although according to general practice, being generous The pirate was fastidious from the beginning, but even though he was wearing shabby clothes, it was allowed.

Their conversation gradually subsided, and the little tramps got sleepy and started fighting with each other. The pipe fell from his hand to the ground, and he fell asleep carefree and exhausted. However, the God of Death and the Spanish Thief in Black could not fall asleep for a long time. No one forced them to kneel down and pray loudly. They just lay on the ground and prayed silently in their hearts. In fact, they didn't want to pray at all, but they were afraid that they would offend God if they didn't. Angry, thunderbolts fell from the clear sky. Soon they became drowsy, but there was something "trickling" that prevented them from sleeping.

They became frightened and vaguely felt that it was a mistake to escape from home. The thought of stealing meat made them even more uncomfortable.

They tried to appease their consciences and said that they had done so many times in the past. They stole candies and apples, but their conscience didn't buy it. In the end, they seemed to feel that there was an unavoidable fact, that is, stealing candies was nothing more than "taking advantage of others." , and

stealing valuables such as bacon and ham is literally stealing - the Bible has expressly prohibited this, so they secretly

made up their minds, as long as they did so. While they were still pirates, they couldn't let the crime of stealing tarnish their reputation as pirates. Later, their consciences agreed to reconcile with them, and the two puzzling and contradictory pirates fell asleep with peace of mind. . English

When Tom woke up in the morning, he was confused and didn't know where he was. He sat up, rubbed his eyes, and looked around.

He quickly thought about it. stand up.

It was the cool, gray dawn, and the woods were silent, permeated by an air of sweet repose and peace. The leaves were motionless, and no sound disturbed the deep sleep of nature. The dewdrops still linger on the leaves and grass. A layer of white ash covered the fire, and a thin wisp of smoke drifted straight into the sky. And both Joe and Huck

were still sleeping soundly.

At this time, a bird deep in the forest called, and another bird responded. Then I heard the sound of a woodpecker pecking at the tree. The light morning light gradually turned white, and various sounds became denser. Everything on the earth came to life. Nature woke up from her deep sleep

and showed a wonderful scene in full vigor to the eyes of this astonished child. A small caterpillar crawled over from a dewy leaf

. From time to time, it lifted most of its body in the air, "sniffed" everywhere, and then crawled forward again - Tom said it was

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Inquiring. When the little bug automatically crawled closer to him, he remained as still as a stone, hoping that it would crawl closer.

The little bug continued to crawl toward him for a while, and then seemed to change its mind and plan to go elsewhere. His hopes also rose and fell. Later, the little bug raised its body in the air, thought for a long time, and finally climbed onto Tom's legs

and wandered around his body, so his heart was filled with joy-because it meant that he was about to get a new set of clothes. Dress up——

No doubt, it is a dazzling pirate uniform. At this time, a large group of ants came from nowhere and were busy carrying things; one of them was using its two forelimbs to grab a dead spider five times the size of its own body, and struggled to move towards it. Drag it forward, drag it straight up the tree trunk. A flower girl with brown spots on her back was lying on the tip of a blade of grass. Tom leaned down and said to it

"Flower sister, flower girl, go home quickly, your house is on fire." Come on, your baby is looking for its mother." So it flapped its wings

and flew away to go home to see what happened - Tom was not surprised at all, because he already knew it. This little bug

easily believes in fires and has a simple mind. It has been teased more than once. Soon, another scarab flew over and was carrying a dung ball tenaciously; Tom touched the little thing and watched it retract its legs into its body and pretend to be dead. At this time, many birds

chirped even more happily. A catbird, a kind of northern mockingbird, alighted in a tree above Tom's head and sang happily, imitating the calls of other birds near him. Then another robin flew down with a shriek, and landed like a flash of blue flame on a twig, which Tom could almost reach with his hand. It tilted its head

and looked at these uninvited guests very curiously; there was also a gray squirrel and a big fox-like thing hurried over

and sat down for a while. He kept observing these children, and then shouted at them a few times. These wild animals may have never seen humans before, so they don't know whether to be afraid or not. At this time, everything in nature wakes up and is full of vitality. Here and there, streaks of sunlight pierced through the dense leaves like spears, and a few butterflies flapped their wings and danced gracefully.

Tom woke up the other two robbers, who yelled and ran away laughing; two minutes later, they were stripped

naked and jumped into the white sand beach. They chased each other, rolled around and played in the clear water. Across the wide river, far away, was the village, but they didn't miss it. It might have been a turbulence or a rising tide that swept away their little raft. But they were thankful for this. Because without the raft, it was like burning the bridge between them and the civilized world, cutting off their thoughts of returning.

When they returned to the campsite, they were full of energy, high spirits, but also hungry; soon they lit up the bonfire again

Huck found a clear spring nearby, and the children made cups from large oak leaves and walnut leaves. They felt that the spring water had the fragrance of the forest and could completely replace coffee. Joe was cutting bacon slices for breakfast, and Tom and Huck asked him to wait for a moment; they came to the river, found a secluded place, lowered the fishhook, and soon had a harvest. . Before Joe could get impatient, they brought back several beautiful kingfish, a pair of bass and a small catfish - enough fish

The whole family had a great meal. They cooked the fish and bacon together, and what was surprising was that the fish tasted so delicious. They didn't know that freshwater fish tasted tastier when they were cooked alive; in addition, they didn't realize that sleeping in the open, exercising outdoors, bathing and being hungry would greatly increase their appetite. They do not understand the principle of eating delicious food from the mouth of a hungry person.

After breakfast, they poured themselves under the shade of a tree, and Huck smoked a pack of cigarettes; then everyone went into the woods to explore

for adventure. They walked at a leisurely pace, crossing dead trees, wading through mixed forests, and passing through tall trees with grape vines hanging down like tassels hanging from a crown. From time to time, they encountered some secluded places where the ground was covered with grass and blooming flowers, like green carpets studded with gems.

They saw a lot of pleasing things, but nothing weird. They found the island about three miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, separated from the river at its nearest point by a narrow channel, not more than two hundred yards wide. They swam almost every hour, so by the time they returned to the campsite, half the afternoon had passed.

They were so hungry that they didn't even bother to stop to catch fish to eat. They just wolfed down the cold ham and then lay down in the shade to talk.

They talked intermittently, and finally they stopped talking. The silence around them, the solemnity of the forest, and the sense of loneliness slowly had an impact on the emotions of these children. They began to meditate. An inexplicable longing gradually crept into their hearts

It was an increasingly strong feeling of homesickness. Even the red-handed thief Finn is remembering the steps where he used to sleep and those big empty barrels. But they were ashamed of this weakness, and no one had the courage to make their feelings known to the public.

For a while, several children vaguely heard a strange sound in the distance, just like the ticking of a pendulum when you are not paying special attention

Click sound. But then the mysterious noises grew louder and they had to figure it out. The children were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and then seemed to be listening carefully. There was no sound for a long time, only deathly silence; then,

a dull rumble came from a distance.

"What a noise!" Joe exclaimed in a low voice.

"I don't know." Tom whispered.

"That's not thunder," said Huckleberry, with alarm in his voice, "for thunder——"

"Listen!" said Tom, "listen ——Don't say anything."

They had been waiting for what seemed like years, when another dull rumble broke through the silence.

"Let's go and have a look."

They jumped up and ran towards the shore in the direction of the town. They pushed aside the bushes by the river and peeked into the water to watch. The little ferry steamboat was about a mile downstream from the town, going down the river. The large deck seemed to be full of people. In addition, there were many small boats rowing near the ferry, floating back and forth, but the children were not sure what the people on the boats were doing.

Later, a large plume of white smoke suddenly appeared from the side of the ferry, and it dispersed and rose like a wandering cloud.

At the same time, that dull sound filled their eardrums again.

"I know!" shouted Tom, "someone drowned!"

"That's what happened!" said Huck, "Last summer, Bill Turner This is what they do when they fall into the water;

They shoot cannons at the surface of the water to make the fallen people float to the surface. Yes, they also use large pieces of bread and fill them with mercury. Leave it floating on the water. No matter where someone falls, the bread will float directly to the place where the accident happened."

"Yes, I have heard it said. "Well," said Joe, "I don't know what makes bread so good."

"Well, it's probably not the bread itself," said Tom. "They don't say any spells," Huck said. "I saw them with my own eyes."

"Well, that's weird," said Tom, "but maybe they're just chanting it silently in their minds. They must be chanting the incantation, that's for sure."

Also. , the two children thought that the bread was ignorant. If no one chanted a spell for it, it would never do such a great job.

So they agreed that Tom had a point.

"Gee, I wish I were here now," said Joe. "I thought so," said Huck. "I would trade

many things to let people tell me who was drowned."

Several children were still listening and watching. Suddenly an idea flashed in Tom's mind, and he suddenly shouted: "Guys, I know who drowned - it's us!"

They immediately I feel like I have become a hero. This is a gratifying victory. This shows that there are still people who miss them, some mourn them, some are heartbroken for them, and some cry bitterly for them. When those people think about how they have treated these missing poor children, their consciences will be condemned and they will feel guilty, but it is too late to regret.

The most important thing is that all the men, women and children in the town must be talking about these drowned people, and other children see that they are so famous

Envy and jealousy. That's not bad. In a word, pirates deserve it!

As it gets darker, the ferry boat returns to the entrance of the town and the other boats have disappeared. The pirates also returned to their encampment.

They thought about their new glory and the trouble they had caused to the people in the town, and they felt very satisfied and happy. After they

caught fish and cooked dinner, they imagined what the people in the town would think of them and what they would say; they imagined that people would be very anxious for them

They are very satisfied with the situation - of course this is their own feeling. However, when the vast darkness covered the earth,

they gradually stopped talking and sat there, looking at the fire absentmindedly. By this time the excitement had passed, and Tom and Joe could not help remembering that some people in the family would not take as much pleasure in such an outrageous joke as they did. A wave of fear

fell over my heart. They became uneasy, their hearts were heavy, and they could not help but sigh once or twice. Later, Joe timidly wiped his forehead to test the other two pirates, wanting to know their attitude towards returning to civilization - but not right away

, but——

Tom ridiculed him and poured cold water on his head. Huck, who has not yet joined, now sides with Tom. So

the wavering element immediately "defended" himself and tried his best to excuse himself, not wanting to damage his image

by being timid and homesick. The rebellion was finally put down for the time being.

As the night grew darker, Huck took a nap, and soon began to snore loudly. Joe also fell asleep. Tom rested his head on his elbow and stared at them for a long time without moving.

Finally, he stood up gingerly on his knees and searched the grass and the glow of the campfire. He picked up several semicircular pieces of thin white bark from the sycamore tree, looked at them carefully, and finally selected two that he liked. Then he knelt down by the fire and painstakingly wrote a few words on the bark with his piece of red inkstone; he rolled up one piece and put it in his coat pocket, and the other One piece was placed in Joe's hat. After he moved the hat a little further, he put some things in it that were regarded as priceless treasures by the students - a piece of chalk; a rubber ball; three fishing rods. Hook and a stone called "Pure Crystal Ball"

Then he tiptoed and very cautiously slipped out of the woods. Until later, he thought that others could no longer hear his footsteps, so he immediately ran straight towards the beach.