汤姆·索耶历险记中英文朗读（结束语）

chronicle编年史 记录
strictly严格地 纯粹地
adult成年人
prosperous富裕的

Conclusion

This is the end of this chronicle. As it is strictly a history of a boy，it must stop here.The story could not go much further without becoming the history of a man. When one writes a novel about adults， he knows exactly where to stop--that is，with a marriage.But when he writes of boys，he must stop where he best can.
Most of the characters that appear in this book still live，and are prosperous and happy .Some day it may seem worth-while to take up the story of the younger ones again and see what sort of men and women they turned out to be. Therefore it will be wisest not to reveal any of that part of their lives at present.