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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter XLIX · Chapter 49

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CHAPTER XXV There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

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CHAPTER XXV
There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has
a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
This desire
suddenly came upon Tom one day.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Chapter XLIX · Chapter 49

Study this chapter through synchronized reading, listening, pronunciation, and contextual vocabulary.

Reading 1/66 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER XXV
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There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has
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a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
Line 4
This desire
Line 5
suddenly came upon Tom one day.
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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

and

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

boy's

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

came

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From this reading suddenly came upon Tom one day.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER XXV

comes

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

day

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From this reading suddenly came upon Tom one day.

desire

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

dig

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

every

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

for

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

go

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

has

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

he

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

hidden

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

in

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life

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one

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raging

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rightly-constructed

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

somewhere

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From this reading a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.

suddenly

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From this reading suddenly came upon Tom one day.

There

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

This

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From this reading This desire

time

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to

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Tom

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treasure

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upon

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when

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From this reading There comes a time in every rightly-constructed boy’s life when he has

XXV

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From this reading CHAPTER XXV

Chapter Quiz

Use these questions to verify literal comprehension before continuing to the next chapter.

What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 49?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER XXV...", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

Repeat the selected source lines aloud to practice rhythm, stress, and clear US English pronunciation.

Narrator: CHAPTER XXV
Narrator: we’ll go to digging.”