The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

sheriff the person in charge of the law

udge (n) the most important person at a trial; he or she decides when somebody must go to prison

funeral the church service before you put a dead person into a grave

cross a mark like

were the richest people in St Petersburg.

took their knives

aw Injun Joe about here,’

But nobody’s going

Most of the village came to listen to Tom’s story.

At once Tom called out.