[00:00.98]chapter2 Huck escapes and finds a friend
[00:05.75]Mostly it was a lazy，comfortable kind of life，
[00:13.09]But after about two months Pop began to hit me too much with his stick．
[00:20.23]He often went away into town too，and then he always locked me in the hut．
[00:28.47]Once he was away for three days and I thought I was never going to get out again．
[00:37.12]When he came back that time，he was drunk and angry．
[00:44.42]He wanted my money，but Judge Thatcher wouldn't give it to him．
[00:49.07]The judge wanted to send me to live with the widow again，Pop told me．
[00:55.04]I wasn't very pleased about that．I didn't want to go back there．
[01:01.92]So I decided to escape and go down the river and live in the woods somewhere．
[01:11.13]When Pop was out，I began to cut a hole in the wooden wall of the hut．
[01:17.86]In a few days，when the hole was bigger，I could take the wood cut，
[01:24.28]Escape through the hole，and put the wood back．
[01:28.21]One morning Pop sent me down to the river to catch some fish for breakfast．
[01:35.15]To my surprise， there was a canoe in the water and there was no one in it．
[01:43.40]Immediately，I jumped into the river and brought the canoe to the side．
[01:50.11]It was lucky that Pop didn't see me，
[01:53.65]And I decided to hide the canoe under some trees and use it when I escaped．
[01:59.77]That afternoon，Pop locked me in and went off to town．
[02:06.92]'He won't be back tonight，'I thought，
[02:11.76]So I began to work hard at my hole．Soon I could get out through it，
[02:19.24]And I carried food and drink and Pop's gun down to the canoe．
[02:24.87]Then I put back the wood to hide the hole，took the gun and went into the woods．
[02:33.65]There I shot a wild pig and took it back to the hut with me．
[02:40.76]Next，I broke down the door with an axe．
[02:44.71]I carried the pig into the hut and put some of its blood on the ground．
[02:51.58]Then I put some big stones in a sack and pulled it along behind me to the river．
[02:59.25]Last of all，I put some blood and some of my hair on the axe．
[03:06.52]I left the axe in a corner of the hut and I took the pig down to the river．
[03:12.87]'They won't know it's only a pig in the river，'I said to myself．'They'll think it's me．'
[03:22.03]Then I took the canoe and went down the river to Jackson's Island．
[03:30.02]By then it was nearly dark， so I hid the canoe under some trees and went to sleep．
[03:38.01]It was after eight o'clock when I woke up the next day and the sun was high in the sky．
[03:48.95]I was warm and comfortable and I didn't want to get up．
[03:54.56]Suddenly，I heard a noise up the river．
[03:59.14]Carefully，I looked through the trees，and I saw a boat full of people．
[04:07.74]There was Pop，Judge Thatcher，Tom Sawyer and his Aunt Polly
[04:15.30]And his brother Sid， and lots of others．
[04:19.01]They were looking for my body in the river．
[04:23.65]I watched them， but they didn't see me， and in the end they went away．
[04:31.82]I knew that nobody was going to come and look for me again．
[04:37.31]I found a good place under the trees to sleep and to put my things．
[04:43.02]Then I caught a fish and cooked it over a fire．
[04:48.34]I lived like that for three days， and then I decided to have a look round the island．
[04:57.97]So I went into the woods．'This is my island，'I thought．'I'm the only person on it．'
[05:10.42]Suddenly，just in front of me，I saw a fire，and it was still smoking．
[05:19.97]There was somebody on my island！I didn't wait．
[05:27.64]I turned and went straight back．But I couldn't sleep．
[05:33.55]After a time，I said to myself，'I can't live like this．I must find out who it is．'
[05:44.03]Silently， I moved along the river in my canoe，under the darkness of the trees．
[05:54.28]And then I stopped．Through the trees I could see the light of a fire．
[06:02.84]Afraid， I left my canoe and went nearer．
[06:08.62]There was a man lying by the fire．
[06:13.53]Suddenly，he sat up and I saw that it was Jim，Miss Watson's slave！
[06:22.63]I was really happy to see him！
[06:26.72]'Hello，Jim，' I cried，and I jumped out from behind the tree．
[06:32.95]Jim fell to his knees．'Please don't hurt me！' he cried．
[06:40.89]'I've always been good to dead people！'
[06:45.22]'It's all right，Jim．I'm not dead，' I said．'But why are you here on the island？' I asked．
[06:55.58]'Well， Huck，' he began．'Old Miss Watson wanted to sell me．
[07:04.85]A man came into town and told Miss Watson that he'd buy me for eight hundred dollars．
[07:13.40]She couldn't say no， so I ran away．
[07:18.28]I ran down to the river to hide，but everybody in the town was there．
[07:25.47]They said you were dead， Huck．I had to wait all day to get away．
[07:32.79]When it was dark，I got on to a big boat and hid．
[07:38.13]When we came near this island， I jumped into the water and swam here．'
[07:45.20]Jim finished his story and then
[07:51.92]We both carried all our things into a cave and hid the canoe under some trees．
[07:58.82]We were just in time because then the rains came．
[08:04.78]It rained for days，and the river got higher and higher．
[08:12.65]All kinds of things came down the river
[08:16.82]And one night there was a little wooden house， lying half on its side．
[08:23.73]We got the canoe out and went to take a look．
[08:28.05]Through the window we could see a bed，two old chairs and some old clothes．
[08:36.75]There was something lying in the corner and we thought it looked like a man．
[08:43.31]Jim went in to see， but he said，'He's dead．
[08:48.58]Someone shot him in the back．Don't look at his face，Huck．It's terrible！'
[08:58.61]I didn't want to see the dead man's face，so I didn't look．
[09:05.60]We just took the old clothes and a few other things，
[09:11.04]And went back to our cave on the island．
[09:13.57]Another night，when we were out looking for things on the river，we found a raft．
[09:22.80]It was made of good， strong wood，and was about four metres by five metres．
[09:31.58]'This could be useful，'I said to Jim，
[09:36.53]So we pulled it back to the island behind the canoe， and tied it up under the trees．