The Cat and the Pain-killer*

(An Extract from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) By Mark Twain

Warm Up*
• Do you have a pet at home?
• If yes, what animal is it and what is its name?
• Did you have any humorous moments with it?
• If yes, what was it?
• How do you care for your pets?
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Author*
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-
1910), better known by his pen name
Mark Twain, was an American writer,
humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and
lecturer. Twain was raised in Hannibal,
Missouri, which later provided the setting
for his novels.

His famous works are The Adventures

of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
This story is an extract from the Novel "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer".
Tom Sayer stayed with his aunt he never liked to go to school unless
one day a girl name Becky thatcher started to come to school.
Becky stopped coming to school due to some reason.
So Tom again went back to his tantrum for not going to school.
 His Aunt Polly loved him very much and tried her best to
coax him to be happy and go to school.
Aunt Polly came to know about new types of medications
and tries it on Tom Sawyer as she could not see him dull.
Initially, she started some water treatment like sitz baths, shower
baths, hot baths, etc., but to no avail.
 Then she started giving
him some painkillers. Tom
played a prank on his aunt
and gave the painkillers to
her cat "Peter".
Peter reacted mysteriously, and aunt saw them all.
When confronted Tom, said that he was trying to be the cat's aunt.
Aunt Polly felt bad for him and stopped him from taking
medicines further.
Moral: Utmost care is also burden sometimes!
Evaluation*
• Who is Peter?
• Who is Becky thatcher?
• Who is Tom?
• Why didn’t Tom go to school?
• What were the water treatments of Aunt Polly?
• Tell about Aunt Polly?
• What do you think about this story?
Thanks with Ramji