Huckleberry Finn and His Friends

"Welcome, Neighbor" .It's not one of Tom Sawyer's better days. Aunt Polly catches him stealing jam, he plays hookey to swim with his friend Huck, gets in a fight with a bully and boasts he'll win a Bible before his half-brother Sid by memorising 2000 verses. Sid retaliates by betraying him about playing hookey and the fight, and Tom faces his aunt's wrath once again.

"Love In Bloom" .Tom has to whitewash the fence as punishment. But he turns it into an advantage by tricking the town boys into doing the work and paying for the privilege, mostly in Bible tickets. The fact that he's one ticket short is forgotten when he sees Becky Thatcher. He shows off to gain her attention and love blooms. Huck helps Tom win the Bible.

"The Engagement" .In a vain effort to miss school, Tom loses a loose tooth to Aunt Polly's drastic measures. He stops to chat with Huck and is late. His punishment is to sit with the girls, his contrivance to get next to Becky. He professes his love and arranges to meet her in the woods. They become "engaged", but it turns out to be short-lived and Tom is desolate.

>"Mystery at Midnight" .Tom is so mopey that Aunt Polly gives him her dreaded 'Spring tonic'. He recovers and meets with Huck and Jim, the slave, to discuss method of getting rid of warts. Huck has a dead cat in a sack, so they decide to use that method in the graveyard at midnight. They witness the murder of Dr. Robinson by Indian Joe while Muff Potter, the town drunk, is unconscious. They swear a blood oath never to tell what they saw. They are horrified the next day that Muff has been arrested.

>"The Pirates". The conscience-stricken Tom meets Joe Harper, disgruntled over unfair punishment, and they decide to run away and become pirates. Huck joins them. Sid almost catches Tom raiding the larder for supplies, but he gets away. Huck, Tom and Joe start down the Mississippi in a battered skiff. They abandon the leaky boat and make for an uninhabited island, where they set up camp.

"How Nice It Is To Be Missed". While Huck, Tom and Joe enjoy life on the island, Aunt Polly and Mrs Harper realise they have run away. Constable Mueller finds evidence that Huck is with them and organizes a search. Soon the boys see the ferry. A small cannon is fired at intervals, a superstition that this will make bodies rise to the surface. The boys realise they are believed drowned and have pangs of conscience. That night Tom leaves a note on bark and starts swimming ashore.