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`` Because I 'd stood this as long as I could . I 've been in trouble about this all summer , I really started out to see Tom Sawyer , partly to get away from this , and I was troubled most of the time . And I sat here in the court room and heard the witnesses . And at noon to-day I told my pa what I knew , and he prayed with me , and told me I had to testify and that I must tell the truth , and if I did n't I 'd be punished , and even if I kept still , I 'd be punished and here I am . '' `` So here you are . Well , now to return a little , do n't you have all kinds of visions and dreams , Mitchie ? '' `` I do . ''