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6 Monday Morning

Warm Up

● Which day of the week do you like the most? Why?
● What are the things you enjoy doing at weekends?

● What are the things you dislike doing on weekdays?

Reading skills

Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so

because it began another week’s slow suffering in school. He generally began that day wishing
that he had had no intervening holiday because it made the going into captivity and filters
again so much more odious.

Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay

home from school. Here was a vague possibility. He canvassed his system. No ailment was
found, and he investigated again. This time, he thought he could detect colicky symptoms,

and he began to encourage them with considerable hope. But they soon grew feeble, and
presently died wholly away. He reflected further. Suddenly, he discovered something. One of

his upper front tooth was loose. This was lucky; he was about to begin to groan, as a ‘starter’
as he called it, when it occurred to him that if he came into court with that argument, his
aunt would pull it out, and that would hurt.

So he thought he would hold the tooth in reserve for the present, and seek further. Nothing
offered for some time, and then he remembered hearing the doctor tell about a certain thing
that laid up a patient for two or three weeks and threatened to make him lose a finger. So the

boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection. But now he
did not know the necessary symptoms. However, it seemed well worthwhile to chance it, so

he fell to groaning with considerable spirit.

But Sid slept on unconscious.

Tom groaned louder, and fancied that he began to feel pain in the toe.

No result from Sid.

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