translated to english tom sawyer part 1

intro: translated to english from old english, THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, By Mark Twain = Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

CHAPTER 1, Y-o-u-u Tom, Tom Practices Music, The fight

Y-o-u-u Tom: In 1845, on a Friday morning, in a home by a river in U.S., a lady shouted 'Tom!' She waited but No answer. Again, but louder, 'TOM'. No answer. 'Y-o-u-u Tom!' No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles lower, and looked over them around the room. Next, she pushed them higher and looked under them. 

She never looked THROUGH [THROO] them because they were just for  “style.” she could see throo them as well as looking throo a metal pot. this pair was the pride of her heart. She said, quieter, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear, 'When I see you' but paused for breath.  she was bending down and using a broom to search under his bed. the cat fled out away from the broom.

She went to the open door and looked out among the tomato vines in the garden. No Tom. So she shouted, 'Y-o-u-u TOM!' she heard a weak noise behind her and she turned just in time to grab a boy by his loose shirt. She said, 'that closet. What you been doing in there?” The young boy answered 'Nothing'.

“Nothing? Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What IS that?' he replied, “I don’t know, aunt.”'It’s jam. I’ve TOLD YOU MANY TIMES, if you TOUCH that jam you will get it.' She waved a thin rod like a wip, but hesitated. Her nephew exclaimed, 'My! Look behind you, aunt!' She turned round, so he ran and climbed up the high board-fence, and over it.

His aunt, Polly, stood surprised, and then laughed softly. She told herself, 'can’t I learn? my goodness! he played many tricks like that.' she started thinking, 'old fools are the biggest fools. an old dog can’t learn  new tricks.  he always has a different one. I can't know his tricks. he caused me to wait, or made me laugh.' 

2 Aunt Polly Decided about her responsibility: she felt guilty for not hitting him, same as her parents had hit her. Polly scolded herself, 'I ain’t doing my duty as the Good Book says, 'not using the rod, will spoil the child'. Still she thought, 'I don’t have the heart to hit him, he’s my own dead sister’s boy. every time I hit him i also feel guilty.' She knew he would leave school early, again. 

She thought, 'I have another punishment. when all the boys play on Saturday, I will make him work, tomorrow, to punish him. he hates work more than he hates anything else. i feel bad that i will make him sad like that but i must punish him or else ruin him".Tom did play and had a very good time playing in his poor little shabby village. 

He came back home when the young slave, Jim, was sawing wood. Tom helped the slave boy by splitting the wood. tom told jim his adventures, while working but Jim did most of the work.  While Tom was eating supper, and stealing sugar when he could,  Aunt Polly asked him questions, that she was sure would trick him to admit he left school. 

'Tom, it was warm in school, wasn’t it?”

“Yes’m.” --“Powerful warm, wasn’t it?” --“Yes’m.” --“Didn’t you want to swim, Tom?” He suspected she knew, and felt a bit scared, but he saw her transparent trick and said, 'not very much.” The old lady reached and felt Tom’s dry shirt. she felt like a genius to find that the shirt was dry without anybody knowing that that was her plan.

Polly said, 'But you ain’t too warm now, though.” She enjoyed her victory, But Tom knew what she planned and how to avoid it. so tom said, '“Some of us pumped water on our heads. my hair is damp, See?” Polly felt annoyed that she had not noticed his wet hair. She had a brilliant way of exposing tom's trouble! 

'Tom, you didn’t open your shirt collar where I sewed it, to pump on your head. Unbutton your jacket! so i can see".  he obeyed so she saw his shirt collar was sewed. she admiitted that she assumed he left school early to swim but Tom replied, 'I forgive you'.

She was half sad that she had failed to catch tom, and half glad that Tom acted good, THIS time... until Tom’s younger brother (actualy a half-brother) , Sid said, 'i saw you sewed his collar with white thread, but it’s black.” She honestly did not remember but was glad she could use this to punish him for the jam. she told herself, 'if i don't know his trouble, he knows'. 

polly agreed with Sid, 'I did sew it with white!' Tom ran out and from the door, pointed at sid, like "I’ll get you for that.” in the trees Tom saw his two large needles in his jacket. one had white thread around it, and the other black. He thought, 'She would never notice, if not for Sid. sometimes she sews it with white, and sometimes she sews it with black. I wish she’d always use one or the other.' tom decided to get Sid for that.

3 Tom Practiced Music

Soon tom was whistling. this new skill pushed away all his other thoughts. Same as adults' excitement of new things, distracted from worries, or losses. tom had heard someone whistle and was interested so had just now learnt how.

Tom added a new sound too, in the music, by quickly and many times together touching his tongue to the roof of his mouth. He practiced and soon did it well. He felt as happy as an astronomer who discovers a new star, or even happier. 

4, The fight 

Summer evenings are hot and long so it was still light. A larger boy was walking toward Tom. this boy dressed fancy on a regular weekday, it was only Friday. the stranger wore a new buttoned blue cloth shirt, and new pants and a fancy cap too. He even wore a bright bit of ribbon around his neck. The longer Tom stared at the fancy wearables, his own rags seemed shabbier and shabbier. 

tom glared angrily at him. They faced each other and moved sidewise, in a circle. Tom said, 'I can win you!”, he answered, “No you can’t.” --“Yes I can.” --“You can’t.” --“I can.” --“can’t.” --“Can!”  but Tom did not attack yet. Tom asked, '“What’s your name?'

'isn’t your business.' --'Don't talk like that, If you say much i will hit you.' --no you won’t!” --'yes i will' --'you won't' --'i will' --'won't' --'will', concluded tom. so the larger boy said, 'Much, much, MUCH.'

'I could win you with one hand tied behind me!' --'do it!' --I WILL knock off your hat' --'knock it off me, if you can.'

'I can' --“Aw, take a walk!' concluded the stranger. Tom threatened, 'I’ll bounce a rock off your head.' --You’re a liar!” --“You’re another.” --you keep SAYING you will, but you’re afraid' taunted the stranger.

'no, I ain’t' -- 'You are.' --I ain’t.' --'are.' tom did not answer, they just glared until Tom said, 'Get away from here!' --Go away yourself!' --I won’t.' --I won’t either.'

to be continued!