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- # Tom's interaction with Sid
## Overview
This entity is a narrative scene extracted from the novel *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* by Mark Twain. It is a textual segment spanning lines 1866 to 1912 in the source file `tom_sawyer.txt`, identified and structured as part of [CHAPTER VI](arke:01KG2TRB6MMRBVV8NEDEVFE9B1). The scene was programmatically extracted on January 28, 2026, and later manually edited to refine its metadata. It is contained within the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H), a digital archive of test materials.
## Context
This scene occurs early in [CHAPTER VI](arke:01KG2TRB6MMRBVV8NEDEVFE9B1), following [Tom's morning at home](arke:01KG2TRZVZ86VQVF8BKBYFCPJQ), in which Tom feigns illness to avoid school. Seeking to stay home, he attempts to exaggerate a sore toe into a serious ailment. When his half-brother Sid fails to respond to initial groaning, Tom escalates his performance. This moment sets up the central comedic deception of the chapter and directly precedes [Tom's interaction with Aunt Polly](arke:01KG2TRZWB0NNJ1354PY1YGMN5), where the ruse is ultimately exposed.
## Contents
The scene depicts Tom Sawyer pretending to be gravely ill in bed, deliberately groaning to attract attention. After Sid finally wakes and expresses concern, Tom dramatically claims to be dying, delivering exaggerated lines such as “I forgive you everything, Sid” and instructing him to give away personal belongings, including “my window-sash and my cat with one eye,” to a new girl in town. Sid, believing Tom is seriously ill, runs to fetch Aunt Polly. The passage highlights Tom’s vivid imagination and flair for theatricality, as his pretend suffering becomes so convincing that even he begins to feel real distress. The dialogue captures the sibling dynamic and foreshadows the humorous confrontation with authority that follows.
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- Tom's interaction with Sid
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- 1912
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- Tom was aggravated. He said, “Sid, Sid!” and shook him. This course
worked well, and Tom began to groan again. Sid yawned, stretched, then
brought himself up on his elbow with a snort, and began to stare at Tom.
Tom went on groaning. Sid said:
“Tom! Say, Tom!” [No response.] “Here, Tom! TOM! What is the matter,
Tom?” And he shook him and looked in his face anxiously.
Tom moaned out:
“Oh, don’t, Sid. Don’t joggle me.”
“Why, what’s the matter, Tom? I must call auntie.”
“No—never mind. It’ll be over by and by, maybe. Don’t call anybody.”
“But I must! _Don’t_ groan so, Tom, it’s awful. How long you been this
way?”
“Hours. Ouch! Oh, don’t stir so, Sid, you’ll kill me.”
“Tom, why didn’t you wake me sooner? Oh, Tom, _don’t!_ It makes my flesh
crawl to hear you. Tom, what is the matter?”
“I forgive you everything, Sid. [Groan.] Everything you’ve ever done to
me. When I’m gone—”
“Oh, Tom, you ain’t dying, are you? Don’t, Tom—oh, don’t. Maybe—”
“I forgive everybody, Sid. [Groan.] Tell ’em so, Sid. And Sid, you give
my window-sash and my cat with one eye to that new girl that’s come to
town, and tell her—”
But Sid had snatched his clothes and gone. Tom was suffering in reality,
now, so handsomely was his imagination working, and so his groans had
gathered quite a genuine tone.
Sid flew downstairs and said:
“Oh, Aunt Polly, come! Tom’s dying!”
“Dying!”
“Yes’m. Don’t wait—come quick!”
“Rubbage! I don’t believe it!”
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- Tom's interaction with Sid