Chapter 4
Tom trades whitewashing loot for tickets and wins a Bible prize before Judge Thatcher, only to embarrass himself by naming David and Goliath as the first apostles.
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From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Twain skewers the hypocrisy and performance of small-town piety through Tom's manipulation of the Sunday school ticket system.
Chapter 5
The pinch-bug and poodle in church disrupt the dreary sermon—Twain's mockery of religious tedium.
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