Tom and Huck become heroes, but Tom is haunted nightly by fear of Injun Joe’s revenge.
"Then came the treasure," Huck said, his eyes widening. "We went hunting for buried gold in the haunted house. We didn't find it, but Injun Joe did. We tracked him to the old tavern. That led to the cave..."
Kada su otvorili zazidana vrata, unutra je pronađen Indijanac Džo – mrtav od gladi, naslonjen na ulaz. Pored njega je bila sveća, nož i nekoliko zalogaja. tom sojer prepricano po glavama
Na školskom izletu, Tom i Becky se izgube u golemoj McDougalovoj špilji . Danima lutaju u mraku, gladni i preplašeni. Tom u špilji vidi Indijanca Joea, ali se uspije sakriti. Naposljetku, Tomovom snalažljivošću, pronalaze izlaz. Rasplet (33–35): Bogatstvo i civilizacija
Tom upoznaje Becky Thatcher i odmah se zaljubljuje. U crkvenoj školi mijenja prikupljene sitnice za kupone kako bi dobio Bibliju kao nagradu, iako ne zna ni osnovne biblijske činjenice, što dovodi do komične situacije pred sucem Thatcherom. Noć na groblju i strašna tajna Poglavlje 9–10: Ubojstvo na groblju Tom and Huck become heroes, but Tom is
One famous Friday, Tom got into a fight and ruined his clothes. As punishment, Aunt Polly made him whitewash the fence on a beautiful Saturday morning. Tom hated the work, but he used his cunning mind to turn the situation around. He pretended that whitewashing was a rare privilege and an art form. By acting like he enjoyed it, he tricked the other neighborhood boys into doing the work for him—and they even paid him with small treasures like marbles and apple cores just for a turn with the brush.
Tom Sawyer živi u malom gradu St. Petersburgu u Missouriju zajedno sa svojom tetkom Polly i polubratom Sidom. Unatoč svojoj težini kao nezreli i nestašan dječak, Tom ima veliko srce i bogatu maštu. Njegovi najbliži prijatelji su Huckleberry Finn, koji živi kao izbačenik iz društva, i Joe Harper, koji dijeli Tomovu ljubav prema avanturama. We didn't find it, but Injun Joe did
Dok celo selo tuguje misleći da su se udavili, dečaci se tajno vraćaju i pojavljuju na sopstvenoj sahrani u crkvi, izazivajući opšti šok i radost. Suđenje i pećina Suđenje (Glava 23):