Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Chapter 5: The Pinch bug and It's Prey

In Chapter 5 titled "The Pinch bug and It's Prey", Tom Sawyer messes around in church.  When everyone was getting into the pews, Aunt Polly walked over to the pew where Sid, Mary and Tom were sitting.  Tom sat as far away from the window as possible because he didn't want to be seduced by the putside summer scenery.  Tom was getting bored and he saw a fly.  He caught the fly and and Aunt Polly said " Don't you do that again Tom!"  So Tom let the fly go.  Tom was getting bored again so he pulled out a percussion-cap box where he had a large black beetle which he called "pinch bug".  The pinch bug bit Tom in the finger and Tom yelped.  Then a dog came into church and the pinch bug bit the dog too!  After church, Mark Twain expresses, "Tom went home quite cheerful, thinking to himself that there was some satisfaction".

Sarah