【导读】 《汤姆·索亚历险记》(The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)是一部美国著名的儿童文学作品，出版于1876年，是马克·吐温的四大名著之一。小说描写的是以汤姆·索亚为首的一群孩子天真烂漫、富有情趣的生活。他们为了摆脱枯燥无味的功课、虚伪的教义和呆板的生活环境，开始了种种冒险经历。
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(excerpt)
Presently a vagrant poodle dog came idling along，sad at heart，lazy with the summer softness and the quiet，weary of captivity，sighing for change.He spied the beetle；the drooping tail lifted and wagged.He surveyed the prisoner；walked around it；smelt at it from a safe distance；walked around it again；grew bolder，and took a closer smell；then lifted his lip and made a gingerly snatch at it，just missing it；made another，and another；began to enjoy the diversion；subsided to his stomach with the beetle between his paws，and continued his experiments；grew weary at last，and then indifferent and absentminded.His head nodded，and little by little his chin descended and touched the enemy，who seized it.There was a sharp yelp，a flirt of the poodle's head，and the beetle fell a couple of yards away，and lit on its back once more.The neighboring spectators shook with a gentle inward joy，several faces went behind fans and handkerchiefs，and Tom was entirely happy.The dog looked foolish，and probably felt so；but there was resentment in his heart，too，and a craving for revenge.So he went to the beetle and began a wary attack on it again；jumping at it from every point of a circle，lighting with his forepaws within an inch of the creature，making even closer snatches at it with his teeth，and jerking his head till his ears flapped again.But he grew tired once more，after a while；tried to amuse himself with a fly but found no relief；followed an ant around，with his nose close to the floor，and quickly wearied of that；yawned，sighed，forgot the beetle entirely，and sat down on it.Then there was a wild yelp of agony and the poodle went sailing up the aisle；the yelps continued，and so did the dog；he crossed the house in front of the altar；he flew down the other aisle；he crossed before the doors；he clamored up the homestretch；his anguish grew with his progress，till presently he was but a woolly comet moving in its orbit with the gleam and the speed of light.At last the frantic sufferer sheered from its course，and sprang into its master's lap；he flung it out of the window，and the voice of distress quickly thinned away and died in the distance.
