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NATIONAL TOM SAWYER DAYS
What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were
created by one man: Mark Twain. Born Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain was his pen name), Twain
was 4 when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi.
Twain grew up there and was fascinated with life along the river -- the steamboats, the giant lumber
rafts, and the people who worked on them.
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of Twain's best-loved short
stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are
celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days every fourth of July. The boy in the
photo entered his frog in the jumping contest. There's also a fence-painting contest to see who can
paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has
been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather
be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he convinces them it's fun to paint, and they join in
the "fun." By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is fiction, it's based on fact. If you go to Hannibal, you'll
see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.
NATIONAL TOM SAWYER DAYS
What do Tom Sawyer and jumping frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were
created by one man: Mark Twain. Born Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain was his pen name), Twain
was 4 when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi.
Twain grew up there and was fascinated with life along the river -- the steamboats, the giant lumber
rafts, and the people who worked on them.
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is one of Twain's best-loved short
stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are
celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days every fourth of July. The boy in the
photo entered his frog in the jumping contest. There's also a fence-painting contest to see who can
paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has
been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather
be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he convinces them it's fun to paint, and they join in
the "fun." By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint!
Although the story of Tom Sawyer is fiction, it's based on fact. If you go to Hannibal, you'll
see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.
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НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ДНИ ТОМА СОЙЕРА. Что общего имеют рассказы о Томе Сойере и о прыгающих лягушках? Оба рассказа были написаны одним человеком: Марком Твеном. (Его настоящее имя было Сэмюэл Клеменс, а имя Марк Твен было его псевдонимом.) Твену было 4 года, когда его семья переехала в Ганнибал, (штат Миссури), расположенный на западном берегу реки Миссисипи. Твен вырос там и был очарован жизнью на берегу этой реки: пароходами, гигантскими лесосплавляющими плотами, и людьми, которые работали на них."Знаменитая скачущая лягушка из Калавераса" - один из самых наиболее любимых коротких рассказов Твена, а Приключения Тома Сойера - один из его самых известных романов. С обоими этими произведениями связаны мероприятия, проводимые ежегодно четвертого июля, в Национальные дни Тома Сойера . Мальчик на фото участвует со своей лягушкой в лягушачьем конкурсе прыжков. Есть здесь также и конкурс по покраске забора, чтобы посмотреть, кто может в нём быть самым быстрым. Идея этого конкурса идет со сценки про Тома Сойера, в которой тому было сказано, покрасить забор перед домом, в котором он живет. Был прекрасный день, и он предпочел бы делать что угодно, но не красить забор. Когда приходят его друзья, он убеждает их, что красить забор очень весело, и они присоединиться к "веселью". К концу дня, забор имеет три слоя краски!
Хотя история про Тома Сойера - это вымысел, она основана на фактах. Если вы будете в городке Ганнибал, вы увидите белый забор, который до сих пор стоит у дома, где провёл своё детство Марк Твен.