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Tom's Pirate Fantasies from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Tom wanders into the woods, feeling melancholy. He fantasizes about becoming a pirate, imagining himself as the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main.

Monday afternoon, after leaving school

Tom's Pirate Fantasies

Tom wanders into the woods, feeling melancholy. He fantasizes about becoming a pirate, imagining himself as the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main. He decides to run away and become a pirate, and he begins to prepare by digging for marbles and playing Robin Hood with Joe Harper.