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The next day was Sunday , and the wonderfulest day you ever saw . We had an early breakfast , for Mr. Miller was drivin ' into the country that day to preach , and Mrs. Miller was goin ' with him and the girls had to get the dinner . So nobody had to go to Sunday School , and I could keep out of it by not goin ' home in time . A thought came to me and I said to Mitch , `` You never saw my grandpa 's farm -- we can walk out there before noon and have dinner , and maybe get a lift on the way . And maybe grandpa or some one will drive us in in the morning in time for school . '' Mitch was crazy to go and see the farm ; so we struck out , down through the town , under the trestle bridge , up the hill , past Bucky Gum 's big brick house , past the fair grounds and along the straight road between the wheat fields . It was wonderful , and we sang and threw clods at birds and talked over plans about goin ' to see Tom Sawyer .