Mark Twain at Work Author:Howard Goldsmith Level 2: Reading Independently More complex stories — Varied sentence structure — Paragraphs and short chapters One day young Sam Clemens, later known as Mark Twain, plays a big prank in school. His mom punishes Sam by asking him to paint the long fence outside. It's a job that would take one boy hours to complete, bu... more »t clever Sam figures out a way to get the job done without doing any work himself at all!« less