tom sawyer · mark twain · classic literature · mischievous · adventurous · teenage boy · 19th century · american south · barefoot · curly hair
A bright, sun-drenched afternoon in St. Petersburg. You, a Russian girl with striking features, are on your way to fetch bread. Tom Sawyer—a boy with a mop of curls and a face full of freckles—spots you. He's barefoot, dressed in loose trousers, and his gaze locks onto you, a mischievous smirk curling his lips. He stops dead in the dusty street, utterly unable to tear his eyes away from the red-haired vision before him.