Chapter 8 Becky’s Adventure Day
In August Becky’s family came back from their vacation.
Tom was very happy and he didn’t think about Injun Joe’s
treasure.
Becky’s adventure day was Saturday. Her mother said,
“You can sleep at Susy Harper’s house after your
adventure.’
“Good,” Becky said.
Becky and her friends went on the river on a big boat.
The boat went down the river and across it. Then it
stopped. The children went out of the boat and played
games near the river. In the afternoon one boy asked,
“Who wants to go to the big cave?”
The children went to the cave. It was dark and cold
there, but they played games. In the evening they went
back to the boat and went home.
Sunday morning, Becky’s mother and Aunt Polly talked
to Mrs. Harper at church. Becky’s mother asked, “Where’s
my Becky? Did she sleep at your house?”
“No, she didn’t,” Mrs. Harper answered. “I didn’t see
her.”
Aunt Polly said, “My Tom didn’t come home. Did he
stay at your house?”
“No, he didn’t,” Mrs. Harper answered.
Then Aunt Polly and Becky’s mother asked the children,
“Did Tom and Becky come home? Did you see them on
the boat?”
The children answered, “No, we didn’t see them, but it
was dark.”
Then a boy said, “Maybe they’re in the cave!”
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Two hundred men looked for Tom and Becky in the
cave. They looked for three days, but they didn’t find
them. People in the town were very sad.
Chapter 9 Huck’s Adventure
Huck didn’t go on Becky’s adventure. He stayed home
and watched Injun Joe’s house that night. At eleven
o’clock Injun Joe and his friend came out and walked
down the street. There was a box in his friend’s hands.
Huck said quietly, “Maybe that’s the treasure box.” He
went after the two men.
They walked to Mrs. Douglas’s house and stopped in her
yard. Huck stayed behind some small trees. The men
talked, and Huck listened to them.
Injun Joe was angry. “I want to kill her,” he said to his
friend. “Mr. Douglas was bad to me. He’s dead now, but I
remember.”
“’There are a lot of lights in the house. Maybe her
friends are visiting,” Injun Joe’s friend said. “We can
come back tomorrow.”
“No,” Injun Joe said. “Let’s wait now.”
Huck liked Mrs. Douglas because she was always good
to him. He wanted to help her. He quietly walked away
and then he started to run to Mr. Jones’s house.
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Mr. Jones opened the door. “What do you want?” he
asked Huck.
“Injun Joe and his friend are in Mrs. Douglas’s yard,”
Huck said. “They want to kill her. Can you go there and
help Mrs. Douglas?”
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The men talked, and Huck listened to them.
“Yes. My sons and I can go there,” Mr. Jones
answered. “You can go home.”
In the morning, Huck went back to Mr. Jones’s house.
“How’s Mrs. Douglas?” he asked.
“She’s OK,” Mr. Jones answered. “The men went away
because we arrived.”
“Good,” Huck said. But he was afraid of Injun Joe.
“Please don’t say my name to Mrs. Douglas.”
Mr. Jones looked at him, and then he said, “You aren’t
well. Go and sleep in my bedroom.”
Later, Mrs. Douglas visited Mr. Jones.
“You helped me yesterday night. Thank you,” she said.
“You’re a good man.”
Mr. Jones said, “We didn’t know about the men in your
yard. A boy was there and he wanted to help you. He came
here, but I can’t say his name.”
Mr. Jones and Mrs. Douglas went to church. People
there talked about Tom and Becky. Mr. Jones and his sons
went to the cave with the men, but on Monday morning
they went home. Huck was in bed and was very sick. The
men went back to the cave, but Mrs. Douglas stayed with
Huck.
Chapter 10 In the Cave
Saturday, Tom and Becky walked and played in the cave.
Then they stopped near some water.
“What time is it?” Becky asked.
“I don’t know,” Tom said. “Let’s go back now”
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The two children walked and walked. But they didn’t
find the door to the cave. Becky was afraid. She wanted to
sit down and eat. “Maybe they’re looking for us now,” she
said.
“Here’s some food,” Tom said. “Eat this and wait here.
I’m going to look for the door.”
Tom walked and walked. But he didn’t find the cave
door. Suddenly, there was a man near him. Tom was
afraid, but he stayed quiet. He looked at the man. It was
Injun Joe!
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Tom was very afraid and he made a noise. Injun Joe
went away quickly. Tom went back to Becky, but he
didn’t talk to her about Injun Joe.
They were in the cave for three days. Tuesday, Becky
didn’t want to walk. Again Tom said, “Stay here. I’m
going to look for the door.”
This time he went to a new place. There was light there.
He went to the light. It came from a small door in the
cave.
Tom went out of the cave. Then he went back to Becky.
“Come with me,” he said. “We can go out of the cave
now.”
Tom and Becky went out of the cave. They were very
happy. They went to the river and waited there. Some men
in a small boat came to them.
Tom said, “We want to go home. Can you help us?”
The men answered, “Yes. We can take you home.”
Tom and Becky went in the boat with the men. They
arrived home very late Tuesday night, and people in the
town were very happy. Tom talked all night about their
adventure in the cave.
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Tom went out of the cave.
Chapter 11 In the Cave Again
Tom and Becky stayed home for many days. Then, two
weeks after their adventure, Tom visited Becky and talked
to her father.
Mr. Thatcher said, “You’re a very good boy, Tom. You
helped Becky in the cave. Thank you. People can’t go into
it now because it has a new big door.”
“But Injun Joe’s living in the cave!” Tom said.
Some men went down the river to the cave. Tom went
with them. They opened the new door. Injun Joe was
there, but he was dead.
Tom wanted to talk to Huck. Later in the week he went
to Mr. Jones’s house. The two boys talked about their
adventures.
“The money isn’t in Injun Joe’s house,” Tom said. “It’s
in the cave! I know, because Injun Joe was there. Let’s get
it!”
Huck was afraid. “But maybe we can’t find it.”
“I can find it again,” Tom said. “I know about a small
door at the back of the cave. Becky and I came out there.
We can go in that door, and I can find Injun Joe’s treasure.”
“OK,” Huck said. “Let’s go today.”
That afternoon the boys went in a small boat to the back
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of the cave. Tom walked first, and Huck went after him.
They walked and walked.
Then Tom said, “This is the right place! Injun Joe was
here.”
The boys looked for a good place for treasure.
Suddenly, Tom said, “Look! There’s a cross! Injun Joe
said, ’under the cross.’ Let’s look there!”
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“Look! It’s the treasure box!”
The boys went to the place with the cross. Tom said,
“I’m going to dig here with my knife ... Look! It’s the
treasure box! Let’s get it out now. The treasure’s ours!”
“This box is very heavy,” Huck said. “We can’t take it
with us.”
“I have some small bags,” Tom said. “We can put the
money in them and take it home.”
The boys went out of the cave with the money.
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