{"id":"01KG177N8FY3W83B7XZCCWXSJM","cid":"bafkreiazjezg7fsktqqvriflw3q33h33cjz2wqzwh7u4ujpdgpcoj5viwu","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":1368,"extracted_at":"2026-01-28T02:34:31.381Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG0K71QZ8KK7RGEGSNTB5534","start_line":1286,"text":"CHAPTER IV\r\n\r\n\r\nThe sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful\r\nvillage like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family\r\nworship: it began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid\r\ncourses of Scriptural quotations, welded together with a thin mortar of\r\noriginality; and from the summit of this she delivered a grim chapter of\r\nthe Mosaic Law, as from Sinai.\r\n\r\nThen Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to “get\r\nhis verses.” Sid had learned his lesson days before. Tom bent all his\r\nenergies to the memorizing of five verses, and he chose part of the\r\nSermon on the Mount, because he could find no verses that were shorter.\r\nAt the end of half an hour Tom had a vague general idea of his lesson,\r\nbut no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of human\r\nthought, and his hands were busy with distracting recreations. Mary took\r\nhis book to hear him recite, and he tried to find his way through the\r\nfog:\r\n\r\n“Blessed are the—a—a—”\r\n\r\n“Poor”—\r\n\r\n“Yes—poor; blessed are the poor—a—a—”\r\n\r\n“In spirit—”\r\n\r\n“In spirit; blessed are the poor in spirit, for they—they—”\r\n\r\n“_Theirs_—”\r\n\r\n“For _theirs_. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom\r\nof heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they—they—”\r\n\r\n“Sh—”\r\n\r\n“For they—a—”\r\n\r\n“S, H, A—”\r\n\r\n“For they S, H—Oh, I don’t know what it is!”\r\n\r\n“_Shall_!”\r\n\r\n“Oh, _shall_! for they shall—for they shall—a—a—shall\r\nmourn—a—a—blessed are they that shall—they that—a—they that\r\nshall mourn, for they shall—a—shall _what_? Why don’t you tell me,\r\nMary?—what do you want to be so mean for?”\r\n\r\n“Oh, Tom, you poor thick-headed thing, I’m not teasing you. I wouldn’t\r\ndo that. You must go and learn it again. Don’t you be discouraged, Tom,\r\nyou’ll manage it—and if you do, I’ll give you something ever so nice.\r\nThere, now, that’s a good boy.”\r\n\r\n“All right! What is it, Mary, tell me what it is.”\r\n\r\n“Never you mind, Tom. You know if I say it’s nice, it is nice.”\r\n\r\n“You bet you that’s so, Mary. All right, I’ll tackle it again.”\r\n\r\nAnd he did “tackle it again”—and under the double pressure of curiosity\r\nand prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a\r\nshining success. Mary gave him a brand-new “Barlow” knife worth twelve\r\nand a half cents; and the convulsion of delight that swept his system\r\nshook him to his foundations. True, the knife would not cut anything,\r\nbut it was a “sure-enough” Barlow, and there was inconceivable grandeur\r\nin that—though where the Western boys ever got the idea that such a\r\nweapon could possibly be counterfeited to its injury is an imposing\r\nmystery and will always remain so, perhaps. Tom contrived to scarify the\r\ncupboard with it, and was arranging to begin on the bureau, when he was\r\ncalled off to dress for Sunday-school.\r\n\r\nMary gave him a tin basin of water and a piece of soap, and he went\r\noutside the door and set the basin on a little bench there; then he\r\ndipped the soap in the water and laid it down; turned up his sleeves;\r\npoured out the water on the ground, gently, and then entered the kitchen\r\nand began to wipe his face diligently on the towel behind the door. But\r\nMary removed the towel and said:\r\n\r\n“Now ain’t you ashamed, Tom. You mustn’t be so bad. Water won’t hurt\r\nyou.”\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG176GDZ8FHDCGGWC8291JQ1","peer_label":"CHAPTER IV","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG0K71QZ8KK7RGEGSNTB5534","peer_label":"tom_sawyer.txt","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG177N8FG3CYDKT76VXG4GAR","peer_label":"Chunk 2","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-28T02:34:31.650Z","ts":"2026-01-28T02:34:33.483Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}