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A:Tom meets Becky while he is going home, she gives him a posie B:Tom goes to school and gets in trouble so he can sit with Becky C:Tom and Becky get engaged because they think they are in love D:Tom tells Becky he was engaged to Amy before, they become angry at eachother E:They become friends again after Tom saved Becky from a thrashing F:Tom and Becky get lost in a cave for days and think they will die G: Tom and Becky escape the cave and Tom finds the treasure |
Tom first met Becky while walking home. He saw her in her garden while she was picking lowers. Tom tried to show off in front of her and she threw him a posie. A little while later he went back to her house and lay down under her windowpretending to be dead. Her maid opened up the window and threw a bucket of dirty water onto his head. Afterward they met at school. Tom came in late because he was playing with Huck. He noticed that there was a seat open next to Becky so he told the schoolmaster that he was with Huck. The schoolmaster made him sit on the girls side next to Becky. They began to talk and after school Tom taught becky how to draw. Tom and Becky do a fake engangement and Tom tells Becky that he was once engaged to Amy Lawrence before. Becky got really angry at him and they seperated. Tom gets very depressed and goes away to Jackson Island. When he comes back he and Becky are still angry at eachother. Tom pretends to like Amy again to make Becky jealous. Becky sees this and uses a boy named Alfred to make Tom jealous. Becky becomes mean to him and he finds out that he is being used. He gets mad at Tom and pours ink allover his book. At the beginnning of class Tom sees Becky rip the teachers picture book and Becky hides it away. When the teacher comes in he sees that it is ripped and asks everyone who did it. Tom sees that Becky is going to get in trouble and says that he is the one who didn. This makes Becky like Tom again and they become best friends again. Becky plans a picnic and when the picnic is done her and Tom go into a cave to have fun. They get lost in the cave for a few days and that only strengthened their relationship. When they finally come out Becky's father tells Tom that he will get Tom into the best schools. That is how the book ends with Tom and Becky's relationship.