Every boy wants to find treasure. And Tom was not different. One a summer day, Tom told Huck about his idea.
"Treasure is hidden on islands, under dead trees, but mostly under the floors in haunted houses." "Who hides it?" "Robbers. You can find a box with a hundred dollars in it."
So, on Saturday afternoon, the boys went to look for treasure at the haunted house on Cardiff Hill. They went into the house and walked upstairs, but there was nothing there. They were just about to go downstairs when Tom stopped.
"What is it?" whispered Huck, going white with fear(害怕). "Keep still! There's someone downstairs!"
There were two men downstairs. One was an old Spaniard(西班牙人) in a wide sombrero(阔边帽). The other was dirty and unpleasant-looking. The Spaniard Injun Joe. The men sat down on the floor and ate. They then lay down and fell asleep. When the two men woke up, the Spaniard said, "It's time for us to move, partner. What will we do with the $ 650 from the robbery?"
"Let's keep $30 each and leave the rest here." The dirty man went to the fireplace and moved a stone.Then he lifted out a bag full of money and took out some coins. The two boys forgot all their fears. There was real treasure downstairs. Then the Spaniard started digging a hole with his knife and the knife hit something.
"What is it?" asked the other man. "It's a box," said the Spaniard, "There's thousands of dollars in there. The Murrell Gang used this area one summer and must have hidden their money here. Someone might find it, so let's bury(埋) it in the number two den."
Tom and Huck got up as soon as the two men left. They decided to watch out for the "man in the sombrero" and find out where the number two den was.
Adapted from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
a. The two men woke up and decided to leave.
b. The boys found two men downstairs.
c. The boys went into the haunted house.
d. The dirty man took out some coins from a bag.
e. Injun Joe found a box full of dollars.