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- # CHAPTER XII
## Overview
This entity is [CHAPTER XII](arke:01KG16PT5GNEER549GM5S62X85), a chapter within the novel [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete](arke:01KG16N2K9058F4BVCSK7DDWHH). It spans lines 3529 to 3713 in the source text file [tom_sawyer.txt](arke:01KG0K71QZ8KK7RGEGSNTB5534) and was extracted as part of a structured digital archive. The chapter is one of a sequential series in the novel and is contained within the broader collection [More Classics](arke:01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS), which curates works of Western literary canon.
## Context
This chapter follows [CHAPTER XI](arke:01KG16PT4KPC1EZZ808G8RTM7B) and precedes [CHAPTER XIII](arke:01KG16PT3Q61Z8EHNRCP2MDKYW) in the narrative structure of Mark Twain’s novel. It was digitally extracted from a plain text version of the book processed through an automated workflow managed by the system user "Structure Extraction" ([arke:01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H](arke:01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H)). The source file is part of a larger archival effort organized under the [More Classics](arke:01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS) collection, originally uploaded by user "Nick" ([arke:01KESY9D0GB2CTGJMF5B7NCCTF](arke:01KESY9D0GB2CTGJMF5B7NCCTF)).
## Contents
The chapter centers on Tom Sawyer’s emotional distress over Becky Thatcher’s absence from school due to illness. His melancholy leads his Aunt Polly to subject him to a series of increasingly extreme patent medicine treatments, culminating in the administration of “Pain-killer,” a fiery tonic she believes is curative. Tom, feigning enthusiasm, begins consuming it regularly—but secretly pours it into a crack in the floor. When Aunt Polly’s cat, Peter, ingests the medicine, he erupts into frenzied antics, leaping and destroying furniture before escaping through a window. Tom’s laughter betrays him, and Aunt Polly discovers the deception. After reprimanding him, she experiences a moment of empathy, realizing her treatments may have caused him suffering. The chapter ends with Tom arriving early at school, desperately hoping to impress Becky with his antics, only to be dismissed as a show-off—leaving him humiliated and heartbroken.
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