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Tom Plays Hookey and Is Questioned from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Tom plays hookey and goes swimming. He returns home and helps Jim with the wood, but Aunt Polly interrogates him about his activities.

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Tom Plays Hookey and Is Questioned

Tom plays hookey and goes swimming. He returns home and helps Jim with the wood, but Aunt Polly interrogates him about his activities. She checks his shirt collar, which is dry, but Sid reveals that the thread has been changed, exposing Tom's lie. Tom threatens Sid and examines his own needles, realizing the trick.