Original subtitles

- [Tom] Ha, ha!

♫ Now listen here folks, my name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't wanna be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishing by the river that's the only place to be

♫ I want to be free, sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I want to be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

- [Tom] This here is the mighty Mississippi River,

flowing between Illinois and Missouri.

Just upstream from Saint Louis.

That little village you see over yonder

on the west bank is Saint Petersburg, Missouri,

my hometown.

Folks here likes to say that Saint Petersburg

is home to 200 warm and friendly neighbors.

And three or four old grouches.

It's quiet and peaceful, and nothing much

out of the ordinary ever happens here.

Folks just goes about their daily lives,

doing their chores and minding their own business.

What you're seeing here is just a typical

beginning of another typical day in Saint Petersburg.

Here comes Otis, on his way to the town well

to draw today's drinking and cookin' water for his ma.

- Hurry up, Jim.

My ma said I might go fishing today after

my chores be finished.

Boy, what's going on at Miss. Pauley's house last night?

I ain't never heard such a ruckus.

- Miss. Pauley had to give her young nephew, Tom Sawyer,

a good lickin'.

- Uh-oh, what kind mischief was Tom up to?

- Well, you know Tom.

Miss. Pauley found her best crystal punch bowl

full of tadpoles.

- What!?

No wonder he got a lickin'.

- [Jim] She whooped him good.

- He sure was hollering.

- Yeah, when Tom Sawyer gets a lickin',

everybody around is gonna know about it

'cause they can hear him hollering all over town.

- That's for sure.

- [Tom] That big feller named Jim works for my aunt Pauley,

and I'm the one they was talkin' about,

who got the lickin' last night.

My name's Tom Sawyer.

I'm still in bed.

It's terrible hard for me to get awake on a school day.

- Tom, wake up!

I mean now!

- [Tom] I'm getting dressed, Aunt Pauley.

I'll be right down.

- If you're late for school again you're gonna get

another whippin', Tom.

- I bet he'd try to dream up some kind of excuse,

like a toothache, so he won't have to go to school today.

What do you want to bet?

He'll do anything to get outta school.

- Oh, what am I gonna do with him?

- [Tom] That's Sid.

He's my little brother.

Me and Sid came to live with Aunt Pauley

when our ma and pa died some years ago.

- [Pauley] Thank you, Jim.

- Yes, ma'am.

Where's Tom, sleeping still?

- No, he's getting dressed now.

- By the way, did you hear?

Farmer Brown's prized pig done run away again.

- [Sid] That's the third time that pig's got loose.

- Farmer Brown must be upset.

That pig's a very valuable animal.

- Yep, he's offering a big reward to anybody

what catches it and brings it back to him.

- Maybe you'll find him.

Where is he, Tom!?

Tom!

Breakfast is ready and waitin'.

You get down here, now!

You hear me, Tom Sawyer!

If you're not down here in one minute,

I'm coming up there to whip ya!

- I hate mornings.

Okay, heads I go to school, tails I'm sick.

I hope it comes up tails.

Heads, doggone it.

- Alright.

- Uh-oh, if I ain't ready, I'll get a whooping for sure.

Uh, I better hurry.

I sure don't want to be late. - Tom...

Dear lord, we thank thee for this meal.

We are most humbly grateful for all the gifts

thou has bestowed upon us through thy

generous bounty and we pray that through

our thoughts and deeds today, we may find

favor in thine eyes, and through thy grace

we may be made worthy of all thou hads't given us.

Amen.

- [Tom] Amen.

- [Sid] Tom, pass me a roll please.

- [Tom] You can reach it yourself, Sid.

Quit being so polite.

- Tom, stand up.

- [Tom] What's wrong, Aunt Pauley?

- What do you have in your pocket?

- My pocket?

- [Pauley] Yes, what's in it?

- Why nothing, Aunt Pauley.

- Six lumps of sugar are missing, where are they?

- I wouldn't know.

Surely you don't suspect me of stealin', do ya?

(Peter meows)

Go away, Peter.

Get outta here.

- Empty your pocket right this minute!

- You're making a mistake, Aunt Paulie.

- Don't try to pull anymore of your tricks

on me, young man.

If you don't hand me that sugar this minute,

I'm gonna have to search your pocket myself.

- Alright.

- Well now I'm gonna have the last laugh this time.

Huh?

What is that?

- It's just a bat I caught last night.

(Pauley screams)

- Help!

Shoo, get outta here.

Help.

- Don't worry, Aunt Pauley.

He's only trying to be friendly.

(Aunt Pauley yells)

I better hurry.

I don't wanna be late for school.

- [Pauley] Tom Sawyer, you come back here!

You hear me, Tom!?

Get this thing outta here.

Tom!

- Continuing our studies of the multiplication tables,

we shall review the sixes before we move on to the sevens.

- Did you bring it, Tom?

- What?

- The bat you said you were gonna catch for me.

- I don't have it.

My Aunt Pauley took a liking to it,

so I had to give it to her.

- Well I get the next one.

- [Mr. Dobbins] Now then, I have a few words to say

about last night's homework.

After looking over your papers, it pained me

to observe that mathematics is still a total

mystery to many of you.

- Pretty good.

Look.

(boys laugh)

- [Mr. Dobbins] Tom Sawyer!

When I speak to you, stand up.

Did you hear me, young man?

- Yes sir.

- What was so funny?

Share it with us.

- Weren't nothing, sir.

- That's it?

I'm eager to know what was so entertaining.

What's that supposed to be?

- [Tom] It's a picture of someone we all admire

a whole lot.

(kids laugh)

- Stop that laughing.

Move, you will go to the rear of this classroom

and stand there for the rest of the afternoon.

- Yes, sir.

Mr. Dobbins thinks he's punishing me,

but this suits me fine, 'cause if I wasn't standing here,

I'd have to be studying arithmetic.

Here comes my best friend in the whole world.

His name's Huckleberry Finn.

He sure seems to be all fire excited about something.

I wonder what it is.

- [Mr. Dobbins] That's correct, Amy.

Four times six equals 24.

Now then, Jackie Gillespie.

- Huck, what do you want?

- [Jackie] Yes sir, let's see now.

Five times six equals?

- Yeah!

- Mr. Dobbins'll see me.

- [Mr. Dobbins] Stop counting on your fingers,

you'll wear them out.

- [Jackie] Let's see now.

Six times six?

- Here.

Big pig!

- [Jackie] Yeah, 36.

And seven times six is uh...

40?

No, wait.

Let's see now.

- How'd you'd like to get rich, Tom?

- I don't know what you're talking about, Huck.

- I know where that pig is.

- You know what?

- Haven't you heard?

Farmer Brown's prized pig got away again,

and he's offering a big reward for him

and I know exactly where we can find him.

Help me catch him and we'll split the reward.

- Really!?

Honest injun?

Boy, you can count me in Huck.

- Could be dangerous.

After pigs run wild for a spell, they get downright feisty.

Thank you.

- Don't worry, we'll get him.

I'm an expert pig chaser.

So where was he when you saw him?

- Out yonder in the swamp.

Come on.

- I had to be mighty careful.

I knew none of my friends would tell on me,

but if Mr. Dobbins caught me sneaking off,

I'd be in powerful big trouble.

- It's over this way, Tom.

Where you going?

- Be quiet.

Huck never went to school, so he never learned

about having to be sneaky.

Okay, let's go.

That snakey tattletale, Jeff Thatcher seen us.

- Lookie there, Mr. Dobbins.

Tom Sawyer ran away with Huckleberry Finn.

I just saw him out the window!

- Not again!

He'll be sorry for this.

- [Tom] Huckleberry Finn lives the freest live

of any boy in Saint Petersburg.

The grownups in town don't like Huck.

They say he's a bad influence.

Aunt Pauley don't like me playing with him,

but when we're together, me and Huck

always have exciting adventures.

And today weren't no exception.

- There he is, down by the water.

- What do we do now, Huck?

- First you sneak around behind of him

and try to get him running toward this direction.

Then I'll nab him as he goes by.

I'll rig up a rope snare so we can take him by surprise.

- Okay Huck, here it goes.

- Keep it quiet now.

- [Tom] I confess, I was right shakey about sneaking

up on that old pig, 'cause Huck's right.

They can be mighty dangerous when they're wild.

Huck's real good at trapping and snaring animals.

He ain't got no family to take care of him,

so he has to catch most of his own food this way.

Everything's all set now, and the rest is up to me.

I got to flush the pig out and try to scare him

so he'll run into Huck's trap.

Up close, that pig looked mighty big,

and mighty mean.

And I started wondering who was gonna scare who?

And was I gonna be chasing him, or was he

gonna be chasing me?

Huck signaled he was ready, so I didn't have

no more time to think about it.

I just had to do it.

(Tom yells)

- Pig, pig, pig.

Ya, pig, pig, pig.

Get ready Huck, here he comes.

- I got him!

I got him, Tom.

We're rich.

We caught him!

- Oh boy, we're rich Huck.

Money, money, money, money, money!

Way to go, Huck.

- [Huck] Let's go collect that reward money.

- Ha, ha.

- [Huck] Hurry up and help me get him down.

- Tom Sawyer, you're gonna get a good beating.

- We were helping farmer Brown.

His pig got away.

- That's enough.

Not another word!

You come with me.

- Help.

Tom, help!

- I'm sorry, Huck.

I can't do anything about it.

Don't let him get away, Huck.

You hear?

- Tom, you can't leave me like this.

Help!

I can't handle this pig by myself.

Whoa, let me outta here.

Whoa, pig.

Come on pig, whoa.

Come on pig, this ain't funny now.

Stop it now, stop, stop!

Whoa!

- [Tom] I don't know who got the worst of this, Huck or me,

'cause Mr. Dobbins kept his word and I got

that whupping he promised me.

It might near wore both of us out.

After school let out, I went back to see

if I can track down where Huck went

with that pig.

Huck, where are you?

Huck Finn, can you hear me?

Oh...

- Give it up, Tom.

Huck probably just lost the pig and decided

to go on home.

(Tom yells)

- I forgot.

- I reckon you got about just the worst whuppin'

I ever seen Mr. Dobbins give to anybody.

- [Huck] Is that you, Tom?

I'm over here.

What took you so long getting back?

- At last, we found him.

Hey Amy, he's over here.

Hurry up.

- Really, oh good.

Is he okay, Joe?

- He's okay, he's just tuckered out.

- I reckon the pig must've got away, huh?

- What do you think that is over there?

I finally wore him down.

- He sure is a big one.

What do you boys plan to do with him now?

- Well now, we're planning on collecting

the reward farmer Brown offered for this critter, Amy.

And I sure hope he pays us by the pound.

The wonderfulest thing about living on the river

is when the steamboats come to dock in town.

The freight hold's packed with fancy goods

from all over the world, and the people you see

on the passenger decks are as elegant as kings and queens.

I don't reckon there's nothing grander than a steamboat.

Just think about all the place it's been,

and all the places it's gonna be going to.

- Hey, ahoy.

- When I grow up, I'm gonna be a steamboat captain.

- Ship ahoy.

Howdy, welcome to Saint Petersburg.

- Ahoy, howdy!

- Hey, don't let him get away, Tom.

I'm too tired to chase him anymore.

- [Tom] Anytime a steamboat docks at our landing,

the whole town turns out to greet it.

Some folks might have freight on board

they've been waiting for.

The captain might be delivering the mail

from Saint Louis, too.

Most of us just go down to the dock

to watch all the excitement and activity there.

The folks who're expecting visitors can't hardly

stand the suspense, waiting for the gangplank to lower,

and screaming to see if they can catch a glimpse

of somebody familiar fixing to get off.

The really lucky ones, though, are the folks

getting on the boat.

I most turn green with envy just thinking about

the far away places they gonna visit

and the things they gonna see.

Howdy folks, welcome to Saint Petersburg.

- Howdy, mister. - You enjoy your stay.

- Mornin', ma'am.

I wonder where they all come from.

- [Tom] All over the world, I reckon.

- [Amy] Oh look at the little monkey.

- [Huck] He don't seem too friendly.

- Oh-no. - Oh-no.

- Cut it out, watch it.

Oh no.

- We're never gonna see him again.

- We can catch him, come on Huck.

- I'm afraid we've lost him, Tom.

We ain't allowed to go onboard the boat.

- Who says?

Let's go.

- Hey, you boys come back here right now.

You ain't allowed to go onboard.

- Okay, you cover the afterdeck, alright?

- I gotcha.

- Good.

He's over here, Huck.

Try to head him off, hurry!

- [Huck] I'm coming, Tom.

- Too late.

Dag brune you pig, come back here.

Stop!

We got him now.

Huck, hang on!

Oh no.

- Huh?

- What's all that ruckus?

What's going on?

- It's a pig, captain.

A wild pig's loose and board, and he's running

everyone ragged.

- Well don't just stand there jawing,

go back there and catch it.

If the passengers see it, they're liable to panic.

- Hurry up.

- Keep your eye on the hog,

don't let him outta sight.

- What in the world's going on here?

- You stay here and guard the door.

- I'd never been on a steamboat before,

and I couldn't resist the temptation to do some exploring.

I got so caught up in my own curiosity,

I plum forgot about Huck.

Most of all, I was dying to see what

the pilot room looked like.

I knew the captain wouldn't be there,

'cause we'd seem him below ships.

So now was my chance.

To me, this was might nigh as awesome

as being in a church.

This is where the pilot stands when he steers the boat.

And there's the compass and everything.

- Where are you, Tom?

I need a hand!

Whoa!

- Now!

We got him.

- [Man] We need a rope.

- [Captain] You little scallywag.

Come on now, you're in enough trouble already.

You're coming with me right now young fellow.

- I'm not leaving without my pig.

(men yell)

- [Huck] Tom!

- Y'all come back here!

- Wait till I get my hands on that kid.

- Huck!

Whoa, wait a minute Huck.

Stop!

Up this way, come on.

- Jimminies, everyone on this boat's been chasing me, Tom.

Phew.

Let's git, forget the pig.

- Right.

- I see them go up this way, come on!

- Oh no, this way.

- There they are.

- There's only one thing left to do, Huck.

We're gonna have to jump.

- No!

Don't try it kids, you're bound to break your neck.

- No, Tom!

Well...

- No, kid! - I sure do hope he can swim.

- Well I've seen a lot of crazy youngins in my time,

but those two put the crown on the chimney.

- [Tom] Like Huck always says, "Sometimes you just

"gotta know when to cut fate and run."

We lost the pig, but we still had a mighty

satisfying adventure.

- Haul away, captain!

- We're away, Mr. Greely.

She's all yours!

- Don't fret about losing that reward money, Huck.

There's still plenty of ways for us to get rich.

Just think, I stood right there in the pilot house,

and I touched the wheel.

Me and Huck's had a lot of exciting adventures,

and I'll be telling you all about them in the days to come.

But I reckon I'll store this particular day

in my memory as one of the finest days I've ever lived.

♫ These are the stores of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I wanna be free, sitting under a tree

♫ That's me