A Song for Aunt Polly

A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in Tom Sawyer in which Tom skips his piano lesson and goes swimming instead. Every child who has ever been tempted by blue skies and sunshine will identify with Tom's predicament: it's a beautiful day, and he wants to play at the swimming hole…not on the piano. So crafty Tom hides from Aunt Polly--what youngster in his place wouldn't? And that's what makes this perfectly crafted excerpt from an acknowledged classic so enjoyable on its own.