Why is Aunt Polly taking care of Tom?

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Asked by Logan O #528650 on 5/12/2016 2:22 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 5/12/2016 2:37 AM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/12/2016 2:36 AM

Tom's mother is dead, so his Aunt Polly is raising him.

He's full of the Old Scratch, but laws-a-me! he's my own dead sister's boy, poor thing, and I ain't got the heart to lash him, somehow.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer