“ A body’s got to do things when he’s awful hungry he wouldn’t want to do as a steady thing. ”
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). copy citation
Author | Mark Twain |
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Source | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
Topic | body |
Date | 1876 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/74/74-h/74-h.htm |
Context
“I tote water for Uncle Jake whenever he wants me to, and any time I ask him he gives me a little something to eat if he can spare it. That’s a mighty good nigger, Tom. He likes me, becuz I don’t ever act as if I was above him. Sometime I’ve set right down and eat with him. But you needn’t tell that. A body’s got to do things when he’s awful hungry he wouldn’t want to do as a steady thing.”
“Well, if I don’t want you in the daytime, I’ll let you sleep. I won’t come bothering around. Any time you see something’s up, in the night, just skip right around and maow.”
CHAPTER XXIX
THE first thing Tom heard on Friday morning was a glad piece of news—Judge Thatcher’s family had come back to town the night before.”
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