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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain: Tom hesitated and looked confused.
"Speak out, my boy -- don't be diffident. The truth
is always respectable. What did you take there?"
"Only a -- a -- dead cat."
There was a ripple of mirth, which the court checked.
"We will produce the skeleton of that cat. Now,
my boy, tell us everything that occurred -- tell it in
your own way -- don't skip anything, and don't be
afraid."
Tom began -- hesitatingly at first, but as he warmed
to his subject his words flowed more and more easily;
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 
