Upon resuming their travels down the Mississippi Huck and Jim encounter two strangers whom they pick up and save from a group of chasing gunmen. The pair pretend to be royalty so that they get treated well with one calling himself a Duke and the other calling himself The Dauphin (the King of France). Jim is taken in by all this but, while Huck does not believe a word of it, he doesn't wish to get on the wrong side of them in case they report Jim as a runaway slave and so plays along. On the raft it becomes apparent that the two are actors as they act out scenes from ""Romeo and Juliet"". The pair plan on running a play in the next town they come across.
Aunt Polly isn't very young anymore when she takes her two nephews Tom and Sid Sawyer under her wing after their parents died. Tom doesn't like to go to school and is always full of mischief, his brother Sid on the contrary tries to be a brave boy, but he doesn't get along well with his brother Tom. One day aunt Polly gets so fed up with Tom and his pranks, she punishes Tom by putting him to work at whitewashing the backyard fence on his free Saturday.As usual Tom thinks of a clever plan to get out of this.
Because Tom Sawyer is always into mischief, Aunt Polly punishes him by whitewashing the fence. Tom who doesn't really feel like doing it, lets his friends and some village kids do it for him after letting them pay for it in bible tickets. Tom falls in love with judge Thatchers pretty niece Becky and does everything to win her heart. At Sunday school Tom makes a complete fool of himself in front of everyone including Becky. After giving his teacher the most bible tickets he so called earned, Tom is convinced that Becky is impressed.