Chapter 12: Huck and Jim make their way down the river on their raft. Jim builds a wigwam on the raft for them to sleep in and keep their stuff in for protection from rain. On the fifth night they pass by St. Louis and buy, hunt and steal food to use as their own resources. Huck and Jim also come across a steamboat shipwreck one night. Huck persuades Jim to climb aboard the steamboat because he wants to see what is on it and thinks that they can find some food, money, clothing, etc. while on the boat. Huck thinks of it as another part to their adventure and says that it is a risk worth taking. As Huck climbs onto the ship, he hears two murderers threatening to kill the third person so that he wouldn't "tell". The two murderers think that it would be easiest to drown their victim in the river. After Huck hears this, he hurries back to find Jim to tell him of what he heard and how they need to find the murderers' getaway boat so that they are not able to escape. Jim bears some bad news to Huck, too- their own raft has floated away.
Chapter 13: Huck and Jim find the murderers' boat and head off with it quickly. It turns out that the murderers/robbers left some money/items in their boat, and Huck and Jim take them for themselves. They sink the robbers' boat after they find their raft. after they they are far enough away to be safe from the robbers, Huck begins to feel a bit sorry for them and decides to find help ashore. He spots a ferry watchman and tells him a made-up story of how his "family" has been left stranded on the Walter Scott shipwreck. The ferry watchman agrees to help and takes his ferry to come to the aid of Huck's "family" (Huck is really referring to the robbers when speaking about his uncle).
Chapter 14: Huck and Jim take a look at the items that they have obtained from the robbers' boat, including the many books that were found. Huck begins to read to Jim about kings and dukes and earls. Hucks tell him of King Sollermun and how kings can get as much money as they wish without really doing anything. Huck also talks about how they go to war sometimes, but spend most of their time around the harem. Jim doesn't know of any of these things, and Huck explains. Jim thinks that it is silly for King Sollermun to have as many kids as Huck says he does (millions) and thinks that if someone had that many kids, they wouldn't value them as much as someone who only had a few. Huck and Jim then get in an argument about what/who a real man is, and Huck decides to quit- he believes that there's no use in fighting with Jim.
Chapter 13: Huck and Jim find the murderers' boat and head off with it quickly. It turns out that the murderers/robbers left some money/items in their boat, and Huck and Jim take them for themselves. They sink the robbers' boat after they find their raft. after they they are far enough away to be safe from the robbers, Huck begins to feel a bit sorry for them and decides to find help ashore. He spots a ferry watchman and tells him a made-up story of how his "family" has been left stranded on the Walter Scott shipwreck. The ferry watchman agrees to help and takes his ferry to come to the aid of Huck's "family" (Huck is really referring to the robbers when speaking about his uncle).
Chapter 14: Huck and Jim take a look at the items that they have obtained from the robbers' boat, including the many books that were found. Huck begins to read to Jim about kings and dukes and earls. Hucks tell him of King Sollermun and how kings can get as much money as they wish without really doing anything. Huck also talks about how they go to war sometimes, but spend most of their time around the harem. Jim doesn't know of any of these things, and Huck explains. Jim thinks that it is silly for King Sollermun to have as many kids as Huck says he does (millions) and thinks that if someone had that many kids, they wouldn't value them as much as someone who only had a few. Huck and Jim then get in an argument about what/who a real man is, and Huck decides to quit- he believes that there's no use in fighting with Jim.
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