Great Scenes from Great Novels
Great Scenes from Great Novels - Huck meets a friend on Jackson’s Island - Mark Twain (Abridged and Simplified)
Great Scenes from Great Novels -
Huck meets a friend on Jackson’s Island
Huck meets a friend on Jackson’s Island
Mark Twain
(Abridged and Simplified)
Huck pushed his boat into the river and started to row towards Jackson's him.
He went into the middle of the river. The waves carried his boat. He lay down on the bottom of the boat and looked at the moon and the stars.
They were beautiful and he felt happy. He could hear every little noise - the cries of birds, the sound of waves on the side of his boat and the voices of people in the villages on the river bank. He heard a man's voice.
"It's three o'clock”, he called to a friend.
It was almost morning. Huck could see Jackson's Island. The forest reached the water. He pulled his boat behind the branches of some trees. No one could see him. He went into the forest, lay down under a big tree, and fell asleep
It was morning when Huck woke up. The sun was shining. The leaves were moving in the trees above him. He felt warm and happy and he lay there for a long time. He was hungry.
"I'll make a fire and cook breakfast", Huck said.
Then Huck heard the gun. He heard it once, then again and again. "People are shooting into the river. They want to bring my body to the top of the water", Huck thought.
"I heard it for the fifth time. I can't make a fire and cook my breakfast. They'll see the smoke from the fire, and they'll come to the Island and find me", Huck said.
He hid behind the bushes and watched the boat coming near the Island with a lot of people in it. He could see his father, Judge Thatcher, and Tom Sawyer. They were all looking for him. He did not move.
They rowed all round the island. They lost hope of finding Huck and began to return. After they had left, Huck carried some blankets from the boat into the forest and made a tent. He caught a fish, made a fire and cooked it.
Then he went to the side of the river and sat on the bank and tried to count stars. He listened to the soft sound the waves.
For three days and nights Huck slept, fished and cooked on the Island, and sat by the river On the fourth day Huck began to walk round the Island. He was looking for fruit, and he took his gun to shoot birds, pigs or other animals.
A large snake moved through the grass in front of Huck. He ran after it to shoot it. He was looking at the snake. Then he saw a fire.
He stood still. Whose fire was it? Who was on the Island? Where was he? He could hear his heart. It was beating. He was afraid.
He walked back to his tent as softly as he could. Once something rustled on the ground. He swung round and uncocked his gun ready to fire.
He saw nothing. Perhaps it was a squirrel that rustled the leaves. Back to his camp, he put out the fire he had left there. He climbed up a tree and hid in the leaves.
He looked around carefully for two hours but nobody came. He climbed down, got into his boat, and rowed over the river to the other bank.
Huck was eating when he heard some sound like a yawn and something moved. A blanket was lying nearly. There was someone underneath it. Huck pointed his gun at the blanket and poked it in softly.
Suddenly the blanket was thrown off and a black boy, Negro woke up. His eyes bulged and looked terrified. He started screaming. Please don't kill me. I like ghosts. I like dead people. I have never hurt them. Please return to your river".
Huck recognised the person. It was his friend Jim; Miss Watson's negro slave! They had become good friends when Huck lived with Widow Douglas. Huck was happy. He was not afraid now.
Jim, Jim", Huck called. Jim saw him.
"Don't hurt me", he cried. "Go back to the river. Don't hurt me".
'I'm not a ghost, Jim", Huck said, "and I'm not dead".
"You are," Jim shouted. He became silent and speechless. Finally he got up and shook hands with Huck. They walked down to Huck's camp and made some fire. They made coffee and drank it. Jim also ate what Huck gave him. Then they lay down under some trees on the river bank
"What are you doing here, Jim?"
Huck asked
"Don't tell anyone, Huck"
"I won't".
"I ran away"
"You ran away! Why?"
"One day I saw a slave trader hanging round the house. That night I overheard Miss Watson in the next room telling Widow Douglas that the slave trader had agreed to buy me off for eight hundred dollars.
The widow was against it, but Miss Watson was all for the money. I ran away early in the morning with his blanket. I hid in the forest. That evening I went to the river. didn't steal a boat.
I jumped in the river and held on to a big piece of wood. The waves carried the wood down the river to this Island I had some matches and made a fire. Don't tell. Huck? I won't tell, Jim. And I won't go back to the village. We can both live here'.
Jim and Huck made a tolerable life together.
He went into the middle of the river. The waves carried his boat. He lay down on the bottom of the boat and looked at the moon and the stars.
They were beautiful and he felt happy. He could hear every little noise - the cries of birds, the sound of waves on the side of his boat and the voices of people in the villages on the river bank. He heard a man's voice.
"It's three o'clock”, he called to a friend.
It was almost morning. Huck could see Jackson's Island. The forest reached the water. He pulled his boat behind the branches of some trees. No one could see him. He went into the forest, lay down under a big tree, and fell asleep
It was morning when Huck woke up. The sun was shining. The leaves were moving in the trees above him. He felt warm and happy and he lay there for a long time. He was hungry.
"I'll make a fire and cook breakfast", Huck said.
Then Huck heard the gun. He heard it once, then again and again. "People are shooting into the river. They want to bring my body to the top of the water", Huck thought.
"I heard it for the fifth time. I can't make a fire and cook my breakfast. They'll see the smoke from the fire, and they'll come to the Island and find me", Huck said.
He hid behind the bushes and watched the boat coming near the Island with a lot of people in it. He could see his father, Judge Thatcher, and Tom Sawyer. They were all looking for him. He did not move.
They rowed all round the island. They lost hope of finding Huck and began to return. After they had left, Huck carried some blankets from the boat into the forest and made a tent. He caught a fish, made a fire and cooked it.
Then he went to the side of the river and sat on the bank and tried to count stars. He listened to the soft sound the waves.
For three days and nights Huck slept, fished and cooked on the Island, and sat by the river On the fourth day Huck began to walk round the Island. He was looking for fruit, and he took his gun to shoot birds, pigs or other animals.
A large snake moved through the grass in front of Huck. He ran after it to shoot it. He was looking at the snake. Then he saw a fire.
He stood still. Whose fire was it? Who was on the Island? Where was he? He could hear his heart. It was beating. He was afraid.
He walked back to his tent as softly as he could. Once something rustled on the ground. He swung round and uncocked his gun ready to fire.
He saw nothing. Perhaps it was a squirrel that rustled the leaves. Back to his camp, he put out the fire he had left there. He climbed up a tree and hid in the leaves.
He looked around carefully for two hours but nobody came. He climbed down, got into his boat, and rowed over the river to the other bank.
Huck was eating when he heard some sound like a yawn and something moved. A blanket was lying nearly. There was someone underneath it. Huck pointed his gun at the blanket and poked it in softly.
Suddenly the blanket was thrown off and a black boy, Negro woke up. His eyes bulged and looked terrified. He started screaming. Please don't kill me. I like ghosts. I like dead people. I have never hurt them. Please return to your river".
Huck recognised the person. It was his friend Jim; Miss Watson's negro slave! They had become good friends when Huck lived with Widow Douglas. Huck was happy. He was not afraid now.
Jim, Jim", Huck called. Jim saw him.
"Don't hurt me", he cried. "Go back to the river. Don't hurt me".
'I'm not a ghost, Jim", Huck said, "and I'm not dead".
"You are," Jim shouted. He became silent and speechless. Finally he got up and shook hands with Huck. They walked down to Huck's camp and made some fire. They made coffee and drank it. Jim also ate what Huck gave him. Then they lay down under some trees on the river bank
"What are you doing here, Jim?"
Huck asked
"Don't tell anyone, Huck"
"I won't".
"I ran away"
"You ran away! Why?"
"One day I saw a slave trader hanging round the house. That night I overheard Miss Watson in the next room telling Widow Douglas that the slave trader had agreed to buy me off for eight hundred dollars.
The widow was against it, but Miss Watson was all for the money. I ran away early in the morning with his blanket. I hid in the forest. That evening I went to the river. didn't steal a boat.
I jumped in the river and held on to a big piece of wood. The waves carried the wood down the river to this Island I had some matches and made a fire. Don't tell. Huck? I won't tell, Jim. And I won't go back to the village. We can both live here'.
Jim and Huck made a tolerable life together.
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