Chapter 2 The Glorious Whitewasher

As Mark Twain says in "The Glorious Whitewasher", Saturday morning was bright, fresh and brimming with life. Tom Sawyer was stuck whitewashing the fence for playing hooky. He tried to convince Jim, the negro boy to do it, instead of going to get fresh water. After Jim said no, tom gave up and started whitewashing. Then he saw Ben and made it seem fun to whitewash. So Ben was willing to trade his apple to Tom so he could whitewash. Finally, "Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face, but alacrity in his heart." as stated in the novel. As the retired artis sat on a barrel in the shade close by, munching on his apple and planning the slaughter of more innocents. Everything went how he planned and by the end of the three coats of paint he had a collection of materials. Tom is a very wise kid.

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