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by Mark Twain · 1835–1910
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete" by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1876 about a mischievous boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the 1830s-1840s. Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn navigate childhood adventures that take increasingly dangerous turns when they witness a murder in a graveyard. Sworn to secrecy and living in fear, the boys must decide whether to speak the truth as an innocent man faces trial, while a vengeful killer remains free.
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- Read time
- 322 min
- Words
- 70,800
- Chapters
- 40
- Paragraphs
- 2,102
- Price
- Free
- Adventure stories
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Fiction
- Child witnesses -- Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- Mississippi River Valley -- Fiction
- Missouri -- Fiction
He worshipped this new angel with furtive eye, till he saw that she had discovered him;
Er verehrte diesen neuen Engel mit schüchternem Blick, bis er sah, dass sie ihn bemerkt hatte;
then he pretended he did not know she was present, and began to “show off” in all sorts of absurd boyish ways, in order to win her admiration.
dann tat er so, als wüsste er nicht, dass sie anwesend war, und begann, sich auf alle möglichen absurden kindischen Weisen zur Schau zu stellen, um ihre Bewunderung zu gewinnen.
He kept up this grotesque foolishness for some time;
Er trieb diese groteske Torheit eine Weile lang;
but by-and-by, while he was in the midst of some dangerous gymnastic performances, he glanced aside and saw that the little girl was wending her way toward the house.
aber alsbald, während er mitten in einigen gefährlichen gymnastischen Übungen war, warf er einen Seitenblick und sah, dass das kleine Mädchen auf den Weg zum Haus war.
Tom came up to the fence and leaned on it, grieving, and hoping she would tarry yet awhile longer.
Tom trat an den Zaun und lehnte sich daran, seufzend und hoffend, sie möchte noch eine Weile verweilen.
She halted a moment on the steps and then moved toward the door.
Sie hielt einen Moment auf den Stufen inne und ging dann zur Tür
Tom heaved a great sigh as she put her foot on the threshold.
. Tom stieß einen großen Seufzer aus, als sie den Fuß auf die Schwelle setzte.
But his face lit up, right away, for she tossed a pansy over the fence a moment before she disappeared.
Aber sein Gesicht hellte sofort auf, denn sie warf ihm kurz vor ihrem Verschwinden eine Stiefmütterchenblume über den Zaun.
The boy ran around and stopped within a foot or two of the flower, and then shaded his eyes with his hand and began to look down street as if he had discovered something of interest going on in that direction.
Der Junge lief herum und blieb ein oder zwei Fuß von der Blume entfernt stehen, dann schützte er seine Augen mit der Hand und begann, die Straße hinunterzublicken, als hätte er etwas Interessantes in dieser Richtung bemerkt.
Presently he picked up a straw and began trying to balance it on his nose, with his head tilted far back; and as he moved from side to side, in his efforts, he edged nearer and nearer toward the pansy;
Bald darauf hob er einen Strohhalmen auf und versuchte, ihn auf seiner Nase zu balancieren, mit weit nach hinten geneigtem Kopf; und als er bei seinen Bemühungen von einer Seite zur anderen wackelte, rutschte er immer näher an die Stiefmütterchenblume
finally his bare foot rested upon it, his pliant toes closed upon it, and he hopped away with the treasure and disappeared round the corner.
heran; schließlich ruhte sein barfer Fuß auf ihr, seine biegssamen Zehen schlossen sich um sie, und er humpelte davon mit dem Schatz und verschwand um die Ecke.
But only for a minute—only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart—or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy, and not hypercritical, anyway.
Aber nur für einen Moment – nur solange, um die Blume in seiner Jacke, dicht an seinem Herzen – oder vielleicht dicht an seinem Magen, denn er war in der Anatomie nicht sonderlich bewandert und sowieso nicht hyperkritisch – zu verknöpfen.
He returned, now, and hung about the fence till nightfall, “showing off,” as before;
Er kehrte zurück und hängte sich bis zum Einbruch der Nacht am Zaun auf, „zur Schau stellend“, wie zuvor;
but the girl never exhibited herself again, though Tom comforted himself a little with the hope that she had been near some window, meantime, and been aware of his attentions.
aber das Mädchen zeigte sich nicht wieder, obwohl Tom sich mit der Hoffnung tröstete, dass sie in der Zwischenzeit in der Nähe eines Fensters gewesen und sich seiner Aufmerksamkeiten bewusst gewesen sei.
Finally he strode home reluctantly, with his poor head full of visions.
Schließlich marschierte er widerwillig nach Hause, mit seinem armen Kopf voller Visionen.
About the author

Mark Twain1835–1910
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in Florida, Missouri, was an American writer, humorist, and journalist who died in 1910 in Redding.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #74
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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