Приключения Тома Сойера

Chapter 5

           Thebeetlelaythereworkingitshelplesslegs,unabletoturnover. Tomeyedit,andlongedforit;butitwassafeoutofhisreach. Otherpeopleuninterestedinthesermonfoundreliefinthebeetle,andtheyeyedittoo. Presentlyavagrantpoodledogcameidlingalong,sadatheart,lazywiththesummersoftnessandthequiet,wearyofcaptivity,sighingforchange. Hespiedthebeetle;thedroopingtailliftedandwagged. Hesurveyedtheprize;walkedaroundit;smeltatitfromasafedistance;walkedarounditagain; grewbolder,andtookaclosersmell; thenliftedhislipandmadeagingerlysnatchatit,justmissingit; madeanother,andanother; begantoenjoythediversion; subsidedtohisstomachwiththebeetlebetweenhispaws,andcontinuedhisexperiments; grewwearyatlast,andthenindifferentandabsent-minded. Hisheadnodded,andlittlebylittlehischindescendedandtouchedtheenemy,whoseizedit. Therewasasharpyelp,aflirtofthepoodle’shead,andthebeetlefellacoupleofyardsaway,andlitonitsbackoncemore. Theneighboringspectatorsshookwithagentleinwardjoy,severalfaceswentbehindfansandhandkerchiefs,andTomwasentirelyhappy. Thedoglookedfoolish,andprobablyfeltso;buttherewasresentmentinhisheart,too,andacravingforrevenge. Sohewenttothebeetleandbeganawaryattackonitagain; jumpingatitfromeverypointofacircle,lightingwithhisfore-pawswithinaninchofthecreature,makingevenclosersnatchesatitwithhisteeth,andjerkinghisheadtillhisearsflappedagain. Buthegrewtiredoncemore,afterawhile; triedtoamusehimselfwithaflybutfoundnorelief; followedanantaround,withhisnoseclosetothefloor,andquicklyweariedofthat; yawned,sighed,forgotthebeetleentirely,andsatdownonit. 

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