[00:01.970] | Chapter5 The plan to free Jim |
[00:07.630] | When I heard that,I nearly fell through the floor,but it was a big piece of luck. |
[00:18.530] | It was easy for me to be Tom Sawyer because Tom was my best friend. |
[00:25.860] | He and his brother Sid lived with their Aunt Polly up in St Petersburg, |
[00:32.450] | And I knew all about them. |
[00:36.030] | Now I learnt that Aunt Polly had a sister,who was Mrs Phelps. |
[00:42.080] | She and her husband were Tom's Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas. |
[00:47.420] | And Tom was coming down south by boat to stay with them for a bit. |
[00:52.660] | We all sat there talking and I could answer all their questions about the Sawyer family. |
[01:01.520] | I was feeling really happy about this when suddenly I heard a boat on the river. |
[01:11.000] | 'Tom could be on that boat,'I thought, |
[01:16.150] | 'and he's going to walk in here and call out my name before I can stop him. |
[01:22.780] | I've got to go and meet him.' |
[01:26.390] | So I told the Phelpses that |
[01:30.190] | I would go into town to get my bags, which were at the boat station. |
[01:35.960] | I hurried up the road and before I was halfway to town, |
[01:41.060] | There was Tom Sawyer coming along. |
[01:45.790] | When he saw me, his mouth fell open and he looked a bit white in the face. |
[01:54.270] | 'Aren't you dead?'he said.'Everybody said that you were murdered!' |
[02:01.650] | 'I'm not dead yet,'I said,'but listen…' |
[02:07.060] | I told him about my adventures,and Tom loved all that. |
[02:13.420] | Then I told him about the Phelpses and that they thought I was Tom Sawyer. |
[02:20.060] | 'What shall we do?'I asked him. |
[02:23.570] | Tom thought for a bit,and then he said,'I know. |
[02:31.280] | You take my bags and say they're yours. I'll come to the house in about half an hour.' |
[02:39.250] | 'All right,'I said,'but there's another thing. |
[02:44.700] | You know old Miss Watson's slave Jim, who ran away? |
[02:49.440] | Well,he's a prisoner here,and I'm going to help him escape.' |
[02:55.700] | 'Jim?'Tom said.'But he's—'Then he stopped and thought. |
[03:04.920] | 'Right.I'll help,too,I'll make a really good plan.'He looked very excited. |
[03:15.290] | So I went back to the house with the bags,and Tom came along half an hour later. |
[03:23.480] | He knocked on the door and when his Aunt Sally opened it, |
[03:28.420] | He said he was Sid, Tom's brother. |
[03:32.380] | He wanted his visit to be a surprise for his dear old Aunt Sally,he said. |
[03:39.720] | Well,Aunt Sally was very pleased to see Tom and Sid. |
[03:47.920] | She thought it was wonderful.She and Uncle Silas were really nice people. |
[03:54.730] | When we were alone later,Tom and I talked about Jim's escape. |
[04:01.780] | I said I had a plan,and Tom listened to it. |
[04:06.610] | 'It's a good plan,'he said when I finished.'But it's too easy! |
[04:15.140] | It's got to be a real escape,like a real adventure in a story-book. |
[04:21.850] | So we want something difficult and dangerous.Now,listen to this…' |
[04:29.570] | So he told me his plan. |
[04:33.260] | I knew it would be a good one because Tom's plans are always crazy and exciting. |
[04:41.060] | And we sure had a lot of fun with that plan! |
[04:46.990] | We knew that Jim was locked up in a hut outside the house. |
[04:51.790] | Every night we got out through our bedroom window |
[04:56.240] | And dug a hole right under the wall of the hut. |
[05:00.180] | It took us a week,and it was hard work. |
[05:04.930] | We talked to Jim secretly and told him about the plan,and he was really pleased. |
[05:12.510] | We also wrote secret letters to everybody. |
[05:17.150] | Tom said that people always do this in books. |
[05:22.300] | We wrote that there was a gang of slave-thieves coming up from the south. |
[05:28.310] | They wanted to steal Jim and get the three hundred dollars from his owner. |
[05:34.140] | Well,the Phelpses and their friends got very excited, |
[05:40.190] | And on the night of the escape I went into the sitting-room, |
[05:45.120] | And there was a crowd of men in there—all with guns! |
[05:52.330] | I ran and told Tom, and he said that this was really good. |
[05:59.610] | 'It's a real adventure now, all right,'he said, very excited. |
[06:06.640] | 'Perhaps they'll come after us,and shoot,and we'll all get killed!' |
[06:14.850] | Well,there wasn't time to think about it because it all happened so quickly. |
[06:22.020] | We got Jim out through the hole under the wall,and began to run down to the river. |
[06:28.550] | But the men heard us and came after us. |
[06:32.610] | They began to shoot,and so we ran as fast as we could to the canoe. |
[06:38.820] | We got in it and went over to Spanish Island.My raft was there, |
[06:45.400] | And our plan was to escape on that and go on down river. |
[06:50.740] | 'Now,Jim,'I cried,'you're a free man!'We were all very happy, |
[07:01.540] | But Tom was the happiest of all,because he had a bullet in his leg. |
[07:08.710] | When Jim and I heard that,we weren't so happy. |
[07:13.690] | Tom wanted the adventure to go on, |
[07:17.250] | But Jim and I said that a doctor must look at Tom's leg. |
[07:21.570] | Tom was getting angry about this,but Jim said: |
[07:26.610] | 'You listen to me,Tom Sawyer.You say I'm a free man now,and perhaps I am. |
[07:35.270] | But old Jim is not going to run away and leave one of his friends with a bullet in his leg! |
[07:44.350] | So I'm staying right here until a doctor comes.' |
[07:49.000] | I knew Jim would say that. He was a good, true friend, |
[07:55.980] | And you can't say that about many people. |
[07:59.800] | Well,that was the end of the adventure,really. |
[08:05.730] | I went and found a doctor in the town. |
[08:09.270] | He was a kind old man,and he said he would go over to the island. |
[08:15.080] | But Tom's leg got very bad,and the next day |
[08:19.550] | The doctor and some other men carried Tom home to the Phelpses' house. |
[08:24.670] | They brought Jim too, and they locked him up in the hut again. |
[08:30.060] | But the doctor said,'Be kind to him, |
[08:35.270] | Because he didn't run away and he stayed to help me with the boy.' |
[08:41.450] | They took Tom up to bed because his leg was really bad, |
[08:48.710] | And Aunt Sally sat with him while he slept. |
[08:52.030] | I didn't want to answer any questions so I kept out of everybody's way. |
[08:58.710] | When Tom woke up the next day,he felt better. |
[09:03.800] | I was in the room and he said to me,'Jim's all right,isn't he?' |
[09:10.020] | I didn't know what to say because Aunt Sally was listening, |
[09:16.280] | And before I could stop him,Tom went on: |
[09:20.070] | 'We did it,Aunt Sally.Me and Tom here.We helped Jim escape.' |
[09:26.730] | He told her all about the digging and everything, |
[09:31.720] | And Aunt Sally's mouth was opening and closing like a fish. |
[09:37.570] | Then she got really angry with Tom. |
[09:41.630] | 'That slave is locked up again and he's going to stay there.And if I catch you again—' |
[09:49.840] | Tom suddenly sat up in bed.'You can't do that!'he cried. |
[09:58.880] | 'Jim was old Miss Watson's slave, but she died two months ago. |
[10:04.400] | Before she died,she wrote that she wanted Jim to be free,and not a slave any more. |
[10:12.020] | Jim's a free man,not a slave! |
[10:16.500] | Well,that was a surprise to me and Aunt Sally!She thought Tom was crazy. |
[10:25.520] | 'But Sid,why did you help him to escape,if he was free already?'she said. |
[10:33.780] | 'I wanted the adventure,of course!'said Tom. |
[10:39.310] | 'We made a really exciting plan and… Oh my!…AUNT POLLY!' |
[10:49.860] | We turned round,and there was Tom's Aunt Polly in the doorway! |
[10:57.530] | That was the second big surprise. |
[11:01.460] | Aunt Sally was really pleased to see her sister, |
[11:05.630] | And jumped up to put her arms round her. |
[11:08.890] | I got under the bed as fast as I could. |
[11:13.820] | There was trouble coming for me and Tom, that was for sure. |
[11:18.580] | Then Aunt Polly said to Tom, |
[11:22.590] | 'You always were a terrible boy,Tom Sawyer,and I want to know—' |
[11:28.390] | 'But Polly dear,'said Aunt Sally,'this isn't Tom.It's Sid. |
[11:35.810] | Tom was here a minute ago.Where is he?' |
[11:42.070] | 'Where's Huck Finn,you mean,' replied Aunt Polly. |
[11:47.830] | 'Come out from under that bed, Huck Finn.' |
[11:51.390] | So Tom and I had to explain everything. |
[11:57.260] | Aunt Polly said that Aunt Sally wrote and told her that Tom and Sid were there. |
[12:02.800] | She knew that it wasn't true, so she decided to come and find out what was happening. |
[12:09.810] | But she said that it was true about Miss Watson and that Jim was a free man now. |
[12:17.100] | We got Jim out of the hut and Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were really nice to him. |
[12:26.320] | Later,Tom, Jim and I had a long talk by ourselves. |
[12:32.490] | Tom talked and talked,and then he said, |
[12:37.220] | 'Let's all three of us run away one night, |
[12:41.200] | And go and have adventures in the wild country down south.' |
[12:46.410] | It sounded like a good plan to me.'The only thing is,'I said, |
[12:54.300] | 'I haven't got any money to buy the right clothes and things. |
[12:58.990] | All my money back in St Petersburg will be in Pop's pockets by now.' |
[13:05.560] | 'No,'said Tom.'Your money's all there.Your Pop never came back.' |
[13:13.760] | 'No,and he won't come back,Huck,'Jim said. |
[13:19.160] | 'You remember that dead man on the river, |
[13:22.820] | When I said“Don't look at his face”?Well,that was your Pop. |
[13:29.580] | You can get your money when you want.' |
[13:32.920] | Tom's leg is almost better now, and I haven't got any more to write about. |
[13:40.910] | I'm really pleased about that because it was very difficult to write a book |
[13:46.160] | And I won't do it again.But I think I'm going to have to run away before the others, |
[13:53.440] | Because Aunt Sally wants me to live with her. |
[13:56.790] | I'll have to sleep in a bed and wear clean clothes and learn to be good, |
[14:05.090] | And I can't do that again.I've done it once already. |
[14:12.380] | The End |
[14:14.390] | Yours Truly |
[14:16.380] | Huck Finn |
[00:01.970] | Chapter5 The plan to free Jim |
[00:07.630] | When I heard that, I nearly fell through the floor, but it was a big piece of luck |
[00:18.530] | It was easy for me to be Tom Sawyer because Tom was my best friend |
[00:25.860] | He and his brother Sid lived with their Aunt Polly up in St Petersburg, |
[00:32.450] | And I knew all about them |
[00:36.030] | Now I learnt that Aunt Polly had a sister, who was Mrs Phelps |
[00:42.080] | She and her husband were Tom' s Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas |
[00:47.420] | And Tom was coming down south by boat to stay with them for a bit |
[00:52.660] | We all sat there talking and I could answer all their questions about the Sawyer family |
[01:01.520] | I was feeling really happy about this when suddenly I heard a boat on the river |
[01:11.000] | ' Tom could be on that boat,' I thought, |
[01:16.150] | ' and he' s going to walk in here and call out my name before I can stop him |
[01:22.780] | I' ve got to go and meet him' |
[01:26.390] | So I told the Phelpses that |
[01:30.190] | I would go into town to get my bags, which were at the boat station |
[01:35.960] | I hurried up the road and before I was halfway to town, |
[01:41.060] | There was Tom Sawyer coming along |
[01:45.790] | When he saw me, his mouth fell open and he looked a bit white in the face |
[01:54.270] | ' Aren' t you dead?' he said' Everybody said that you were murdered!' |
[02:01.650] | ' I' m not dead yet,' I said,' but listen' |
[02:07.060] | I told him about my adventures, and Tom loved all that |
[02:13.420] | Then I told him about the Phelpses and that they thought I was Tom Sawyer |
[02:20.060] | ' What shall we do?' I asked him |
[02:23.570] | Tom thought for a bit, and then he said,' I know |
[02:31.280] | You take my bags and say they' re yours I' ll come to the house in about half an hour' |
[02:39.250] | ' All right,' I said,' but there' s another thing |
[02:44.700] | You know old Miss Watson' s slave Jim, who ran away? |
[02:49.440] | Well, he' s a prisoner here, and I' m going to help him escape' |
[02:55.700] | ' Jim?' Tom said' But he' s' Then he stopped and thought |
[03:04.920] | ' Right I' ll help, too, I' ll make a really good plan' He looked very excited |
[03:15.290] | So I went back to the house with the bags, and Tom came along half an hour later |
[03:23.480] | He knocked on the door and when his Aunt Sally opened it, |
[03:28.420] | He said he was Sid, Tom' s brother |
[03:32.380] | He wanted his visit to be a surprise for his dear old Aunt Sally, he said |
[03:39.720] | Well, Aunt Sally was very pleased to see Tom and Sid |
[03:47.920] | She thought it was wonderful She and Uncle Silas were really nice people |
[03:54.730] | When we were alone later, Tom and I talked about Jim' s escape |
[04:01.780] | I said I had a plan, and Tom listened to it |
[04:06.610] | ' It' s a good plan,' he said when I finished' But it' s too easy! |
[04:15.140] | It' s got to be a real escape, like a real adventure in a storybook |
[04:21.850] | So we want something difficult and dangerous Now, listen to this' |
[04:29.570] | So he told me his plan |
[04:33.260] | I knew it would be a good one because Tom' s plans are always crazy and exciting |
[04:41.060] | And we sure had a lot of fun with that plan! |
[04:46.990] | We knew that Jim was locked up in a hut outside the house |
[04:51.790] | Every night we got out through our bedroom window |
[04:56.240] | And dug a hole right under the wall of the hut |
[05:00.180] | It took us a week, and it was hard work |
[05:04.930] | We talked to Jim secretly and told him about the plan, and he was really pleased |
[05:12.510] | We also wrote secret letters to everybody |
[05:17.150] | Tom said that people always do this in books |
[05:22.300] | We wrote that there was a gang of slavethieves coming up from the south |
[05:28.310] | They wanted to steal Jim and get the three hundred dollars from his owner |
[05:34.140] | Well, the Phelpses and their friends got very excited, |
[05:40.190] | And on the night of the escape I went into the sittingroom, |
[05:45.120] | And there was a crowd of men in there all with guns! |
[05:52.330] | I ran and told Tom, and he said that this was really good |
[05:59.610] | ' It' s a real adventure now, all right,' he said, very excited |
[06:06.640] | ' Perhaps they' ll come after us, and shoot, and we' ll all get killed!' |
[06:14.850] | Well, there wasn' t time to think about it because it all happened so quickly |
[06:22.020] | We got Jim out through the hole under the wall, and began to run down to the river |
[06:28.550] | But the men heard us and came after us |
[06:32.610] | They began to shoot, and so we ran as fast as we could to the canoe |
[06:38.820] | We got in it and went over to Spanish Island My raft was there, |
[06:45.400] | And our plan was to escape on that and go on down river |
[06:50.740] | ' Now, Jim,' I cried,' you' re a free man!' We were all very happy, |
[07:01.540] | But Tom was the happiest of all, because he had a bullet in his leg |
[07:08.710] | When Jim and I heard that, we weren' t so happy |
[07:13.690] | Tom wanted the adventure to go on, |
[07:17.250] | But Jim and I said that a doctor must look at Tom' s leg |
[07:21.570] | Tom was getting angry about this, but Jim said: |
[07:26.610] | ' You listen to me, Tom Sawyer You say I' m a free man now, and perhaps I am |
[07:35.270] | But old Jim is not going to run away and leave one of his friends with a bullet in his leg! |
[07:44.350] | So I' m staying right here until a doctor comes' |
[07:49.000] | I knew Jim would say that He was a good, true friend, |
[07:55.980] | And you can' t say that about many people |
[07:59.800] | Well, that was the end of the adventure, really |
[08:05.730] | I went and found a doctor in the town |
[08:09.270] | He was a kind old man, and he said he would go over to the island |
[08:15.080] | But Tom' s leg got very bad, and the next day |
[08:19.550] | The doctor and some other men carried Tom home to the Phelpses' house |
[08:24.670] | They brought Jim too, and they locked him up in the hut again |
[08:30.060] | But the doctor said,' Be kind to him, |
[08:35.270] | Because he didn' t run away and he stayed to help me with the boy' |
[08:41.450] | They took Tom up to bed because his leg was really bad, |
[08:48.710] | And Aunt Sally sat with him while he slept |
[08:52.030] | I didn' t want to answer any questions so I kept out of everybody' s way |
[08:58.710] | When Tom woke up the next day, he felt better |
[09:03.800] | I was in the room and he said to me,' Jim' s all right, isn' t he?' |
[09:10.020] | I didn' t know what to say because Aunt Sally was listening, |
[09:16.280] | And before I could stop him, Tom went on: |
[09:20.070] | ' We did it, Aunt Sally Me and Tom here We helped Jim escape' |
[09:26.730] | He told her all about the digging and everything, |
[09:31.720] | And Aunt Sally' s mouth was opening and closing like a fish |
[09:37.570] | Then she got really angry with Tom |
[09:41.630] | ' That slave is locked up again and he' s going to stay there And if I catch you again' |
[09:49.840] | Tom suddenly sat up in bed' You can' t do that!' he cried |
[09:58.880] | ' Jim was old Miss Watson' s slave, but she died two months ago |
[10:04.400] | Before she died, she wrote that she wanted Jim to be free, and not a slave any more |
[10:12.020] | Jim' s a free man, not a slave! |
[10:16.500] | Well, that was a surprise to me and Aunt Sally! She thought Tom was crazy |
[10:25.520] | ' But Sid, why did you help him to escape, if he was free already?' she said |
[10:33.780] | ' I wanted the adventure, of course!' said Tom |
[10:39.310] | ' We made a really exciting plan and Oh my! AUNT POLLY!' |
[10:49.860] | We turned round, and there was Tom' s Aunt Polly in the doorway! |
[10:57.530] | That was the second big surprise |
[11:01.460] | Aunt Sally was really pleased to see her sister, |
[11:05.630] | And jumped up to put her arms round her |
[11:08.890] | I got under the bed as fast as I could |
[11:13.820] | There was trouble coming for me and Tom, that was for sure |
[11:18.580] | Then Aunt Polly said to Tom, |
[11:22.590] | ' You always were a terrible boy, Tom Sawyer, and I want to know' |
[11:28.390] | ' But Polly dear,' said Aunt Sally,' this isn' t Tom It' s Sid |
[11:35.810] | Tom was here a minute ago Where is he?' |
[11:42.070] | ' Where' s Huck Finn, you mean,' replied Aunt Polly |
[11:47.830] | ' Come out from under that bed, Huck Finn' |
[11:51.390] | So Tom and I had to explain everything |
[11:57.260] | Aunt Polly said that Aunt Sally wrote and told her that Tom and Sid were there |
[12:02.800] | She knew that it wasn' t true, so she decided to come and find out what was happening |
[12:09.810] | But she said that it was true about Miss Watson and that Jim was a free man now |
[12:17.100] | We got Jim out of the hut and Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were really nice to him |
[12:26.320] | Later, Tom, Jim and I had a long talk by ourselves |
[12:32.490] | Tom talked and talked, and then he said, |
[12:37.220] | ' Let' s all three of us run away one night, |
[12:41.200] | And go and have adventures in the wild country down south' |
[12:46.410] | It sounded like a good plan to me' The only thing is,' I said, |
[12:54.300] | ' I haven' t got any money to buy the right clothes and things |
[12:58.990] | All my money back in St Petersburg will be in Pop' s pockets by now' |
[13:05.560] | ' No,' said Tom' Your money' s all there Your Pop never came back' |
[13:13.760] | ' No, and he won' t come back, Huck,' Jim said |
[13:19.160] | ' You remember that dead man on the river, |
[13:22.820] | When I said" Don' t look at his face"? Well, that was your Pop |
[13:29.580] | You can get your money when you want' |
[13:32.920] | Tom' s leg is almost better now, and I haven' t got any more to write about |
[13:40.910] | I' m really pleased about that because it was very difficult to write a book |
[13:46.160] | And I won' t do it again But I think I' m going to have to run away before the others, |
[13:53.440] | Because Aunt Sally wants me to live with her |
[13:56.790] | I' ll have to sleep in a bed and wear clean clothes and learn to be good, |
[14:05.090] | And I can' t do that again I' ve done it once already |
[14:12.380] | The End |
[14:14.390] | Yours Truly |
[14:16.380] | Huck Finn |
[00:01.970] | Chapter5 The plan to free Jim |
[00:07.630] | When I heard that, I nearly fell through the floor, but it was a big piece of luck |
[00:18.530] | It was easy for me to be Tom Sawyer because Tom was my best friend |
[00:25.860] | He and his brother Sid lived with their Aunt Polly up in St Petersburg, |
[00:32.450] | And I knew all about them |
[00:36.030] | Now I learnt that Aunt Polly had a sister, who was Mrs Phelps |
[00:42.080] | She and her husband were Tom' s Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas |
[00:47.420] | And Tom was coming down south by boat to stay with them for a bit |
[00:52.660] | We all sat there talking and I could answer all their questions about the Sawyer family |
[01:01.520] | I was feeling really happy about this when suddenly I heard a boat on the river |
[01:11.000] | ' Tom could be on that boat,' I thought, |
[01:16.150] | ' and he' s going to walk in here and call out my name before I can stop him |
[01:22.780] | I' ve got to go and meet him' |
[01:26.390] | So I told the Phelpses that |
[01:30.190] | I would go into town to get my bags, which were at the boat station |
[01:35.960] | I hurried up the road and before I was halfway to town, |
[01:41.060] | There was Tom Sawyer coming along |
[01:45.790] | When he saw me, his mouth fell open and he looked a bit white in the face |
[01:54.270] | ' Aren' t you dead?' he said' Everybody said that you were murdered!' |
[02:01.650] | ' I' m not dead yet,' I said,' but listen' |
[02:07.060] | I told him about my adventures, and Tom loved all that |
[02:13.420] | Then I told him about the Phelpses and that they thought I was Tom Sawyer |
[02:20.060] | ' What shall we do?' I asked him |
[02:23.570] | Tom thought for a bit, and then he said,' I know |
[02:31.280] | You take my bags and say they' re yours I' ll come to the house in about half an hour' |
[02:39.250] | ' All right,' I said,' but there' s another thing |
[02:44.700] | You know old Miss Watson' s slave Jim, who ran away? |
[02:49.440] | Well, he' s a prisoner here, and I' m going to help him escape' |
[02:55.700] | ' Jim?' Tom said' But he' s' Then he stopped and thought |
[03:04.920] | ' Right I' ll help, too, I' ll make a really good plan' He looked very excited |
[03:15.290] | So I went back to the house with the bags, and Tom came along half an hour later |
[03:23.480] | He knocked on the door and when his Aunt Sally opened it, |
[03:28.420] | He said he was Sid, Tom' s brother |
[03:32.380] | He wanted his visit to be a surprise for his dear old Aunt Sally, he said |
[03:39.720] | Well, Aunt Sally was very pleased to see Tom and Sid |
[03:47.920] | She thought it was wonderful She and Uncle Silas were really nice people |
[03:54.730] | When we were alone later, Tom and I talked about Jim' s escape |
[04:01.780] | I said I had a plan, and Tom listened to it |
[04:06.610] | ' It' s a good plan,' he said when I finished' But it' s too easy! |
[04:15.140] | It' s got to be a real escape, like a real adventure in a storybook |
[04:21.850] | So we want something difficult and dangerous Now, listen to this' |
[04:29.570] | So he told me his plan |
[04:33.260] | I knew it would be a good one because Tom' s plans are always crazy and exciting |
[04:41.060] | And we sure had a lot of fun with that plan! |
[04:46.990] | We knew that Jim was locked up in a hut outside the house |
[04:51.790] | Every night we got out through our bedroom window |
[04:56.240] | And dug a hole right under the wall of the hut |
[05:00.180] | It took us a week, and it was hard work |
[05:04.930] | We talked to Jim secretly and told him about the plan, and he was really pleased |
[05:12.510] | We also wrote secret letters to everybody |
[05:17.150] | Tom said that people always do this in books |
[05:22.300] | We wrote that there was a gang of slavethieves coming up from the south |
[05:28.310] | They wanted to steal Jim and get the three hundred dollars from his owner |
[05:34.140] | Well, the Phelpses and their friends got very excited, |
[05:40.190] | And on the night of the escape I went into the sittingroom, |
[05:45.120] | And there was a crowd of men in there all with guns! |
[05:52.330] | I ran and told Tom, and he said that this was really good |
[05:59.610] | ' It' s a real adventure now, all right,' he said, very excited |
[06:06.640] | ' Perhaps they' ll come after us, and shoot, and we' ll all get killed!' |
[06:14.850] | Well, there wasn' t time to think about it because it all happened so quickly |
[06:22.020] | We got Jim out through the hole under the wall, and began to run down to the river |
[06:28.550] | But the men heard us and came after us |
[06:32.610] | They began to shoot, and so we ran as fast as we could to the canoe |
[06:38.820] | We got in it and went over to Spanish Island My raft was there, |
[06:45.400] | And our plan was to escape on that and go on down river |
[06:50.740] | ' Now, Jim,' I cried,' you' re a free man!' We were all very happy, |
[07:01.540] | But Tom was the happiest of all, because he had a bullet in his leg |
[07:08.710] | When Jim and I heard that, we weren' t so happy |
[07:13.690] | Tom wanted the adventure to go on, |
[07:17.250] | But Jim and I said that a doctor must look at Tom' s leg |
[07:21.570] | Tom was getting angry about this, but Jim said: |
[07:26.610] | ' You listen to me, Tom Sawyer You say I' m a free man now, and perhaps I am |
[07:35.270] | But old Jim is not going to run away and leave one of his friends with a bullet in his leg! |
[07:44.350] | So I' m staying right here until a doctor comes' |
[07:49.000] | I knew Jim would say that He was a good, true friend, |
[07:55.980] | And you can' t say that about many people |
[07:59.800] | Well, that was the end of the adventure, really |
[08:05.730] | I went and found a doctor in the town |
[08:09.270] | He was a kind old man, and he said he would go over to the island |
[08:15.080] | But Tom' s leg got very bad, and the next day |
[08:19.550] | The doctor and some other men carried Tom home to the Phelpses' house |
[08:24.670] | They brought Jim too, and they locked him up in the hut again |
[08:30.060] | But the doctor said,' Be kind to him, |
[08:35.270] | Because he didn' t run away and he stayed to help me with the boy' |
[08:41.450] | They took Tom up to bed because his leg was really bad, |
[08:48.710] | And Aunt Sally sat with him while he slept |
[08:52.030] | I didn' t want to answer any questions so I kept out of everybody' s way |
[08:58.710] | When Tom woke up the next day, he felt better |
[09:03.800] | I was in the room and he said to me,' Jim' s all right, isn' t he?' |
[09:10.020] | I didn' t know what to say because Aunt Sally was listening, |
[09:16.280] | And before I could stop him, Tom went on: |
[09:20.070] | ' We did it, Aunt Sally Me and Tom here We helped Jim escape' |
[09:26.730] | He told her all about the digging and everything, |
[09:31.720] | And Aunt Sally' s mouth was opening and closing like a fish |
[09:37.570] | Then she got really angry with Tom |
[09:41.630] | ' That slave is locked up again and he' s going to stay there And if I catch you again' |
[09:49.840] | Tom suddenly sat up in bed' You can' t do that!' he cried |
[09:58.880] | ' Jim was old Miss Watson' s slave, but she died two months ago |
[10:04.400] | Before she died, she wrote that she wanted Jim to be free, and not a slave any more |
[10:12.020] | Jim' s a free man, not a slave! |
[10:16.500] | Well, that was a surprise to me and Aunt Sally! She thought Tom was crazy |
[10:25.520] | ' But Sid, why did you help him to escape, if he was free already?' she said |
[10:33.780] | ' I wanted the adventure, of course!' said Tom |
[10:39.310] | ' We made a really exciting plan and Oh my! AUNT POLLY!' |
[10:49.860] | We turned round, and there was Tom' s Aunt Polly in the doorway! |
[10:57.530] | That was the second big surprise |
[11:01.460] | Aunt Sally was really pleased to see her sister, |
[11:05.630] | And jumped up to put her arms round her |
[11:08.890] | I got under the bed as fast as I could |
[11:13.820] | There was trouble coming for me and Tom, that was for sure |
[11:18.580] | Then Aunt Polly said to Tom, |
[11:22.590] | ' You always were a terrible boy, Tom Sawyer, and I want to know' |
[11:28.390] | ' But Polly dear,' said Aunt Sally,' this isn' t Tom It' s Sid |
[11:35.810] | Tom was here a minute ago Where is he?' |
[11:42.070] | ' Where' s Huck Finn, you mean,' replied Aunt Polly |
[11:47.830] | ' Come out from under that bed, Huck Finn' |
[11:51.390] | So Tom and I had to explain everything |
[11:57.260] | Aunt Polly said that Aunt Sally wrote and told her that Tom and Sid were there |
[12:02.800] | She knew that it wasn' t true, so she decided to come and find out what was happening |
[12:09.810] | But she said that it was true about Miss Watson and that Jim was a free man now |
[12:17.100] | We got Jim out of the hut and Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were really nice to him |
[12:26.320] | Later, Tom, Jim and I had a long talk by ourselves |
[12:32.490] | Tom talked and talked, and then he said, |
[12:37.220] | ' Let' s all three of us run away one night, |
[12:41.200] | And go and have adventures in the wild country down south' |
[12:46.410] | It sounded like a good plan to me' The only thing is,' I said, |
[12:54.300] | ' I haven' t got any money to buy the right clothes and things |
[12:58.990] | All my money back in St Petersburg will be in Pop' s pockets by now' |
[13:05.560] | ' No,' said Tom' Your money' s all there Your Pop never came back' |
[13:13.760] | ' No, and he won' t come back, Huck,' Jim said |
[13:19.160] | ' You remember that dead man on the river, |
[13:22.820] | When I said" Don' t look at his face"? Well, that was your Pop |
[13:29.580] | You can get your money when you want' |
[13:32.920] | Tom' s leg is almost better now, and I haven' t got any more to write about |
[13:40.910] | I' m really pleased about that because it was very difficult to write a book |
[13:46.160] | And I won' t do it again But I think I' m going to have to run away before the others, |
[13:53.440] | Because Aunt Sally wants me to live with her |
[13:56.790] | I' ll have to sleep in a bed and wear clean clothes and learn to be good, |
[14:05.090] | And I can' t do that again I' ve done it once already |
[14:12.380] | The End |
[14:14.390] | Yours Truly |
[14:16.380] | Huck Finn |