Jam, the Sewn Collar and the New Boy

1 A small, sleepy river village seen from the green hill above it on a bright summer morning.

2 Aunt Polly whirls round in the doorway and hikes up her skirts at an imaginary danger

3 Tom holds his jacket open across the supper table and shows the shirt collar still stitched shut.

4 At supper, Sid calmly points out that Tom's collar is sewn with black thread instead of white.

5 Tom first sees the new boy, a stranger in city clothes and shoes on an ordinary Friday.

6 The new boy takes Tom's dare and steps over the line in the dust.

7 Tom Sawyer sits astride the new boy in the dusty village street as the dust thins

8 Tom struts off down the dusty street at dusk, proud of his win.

9 Tom comes home late and climbs in at the window, and finds his aunt waiting for him in the dark.