Tom Sawyer Ch.12

In chapter 12, Tom Sawyer gets "sick". While Tom went to school, Becky didn't. This began to affect Tom. After many days without Becky at school, Tom gets "sick" and is given some treatment by Aunt Polly. It is called Pain-Killer. Tom feeds it to the cat, he reacts with extreme hyperactivity, and Aunt Polly discovers what Tom did. She sent Tom to school, and there was Becky, but she totally spurns Tom. I think this was more of a psycologycal thing because all Tom was feeling was depression because Becky haddn't been attending school lately.