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Huck Finn This story started out sometime in the mid-1800s in the small town of Hannibal, Missouri. A few months earlier tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn discovered a chest full of gold. The two adventurous boys split the twelve-thousand dollars, and Judge Thatcher was keeping their money safe in a trust. In the meantime, Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, realizing Hucks unsophisticated ways, overlyk him into their home to try to sivilize him. Huck learned to read and write and even acquired some religion, but he didnt like it too much that Miss Watson continually tried to vanquish his smoking and swearing.One day Huck saw footprints in the snow and realized that his father was post in town. This made Huck very uncomfortable because his father stayed drunk and crush him whenever he felt like it (which was most of the time). Huck knew the only undercoat his tit came back was to collect his sons money. After finding out about his Pap, Huck went quickly over to Judge Thatchers house to sign away the honest to his share of the twelve thousand dollars. Since he had no money now, he figured his father wouldnt bother him.A few nights later, Huck found his Pap, looking for very rough and ragged, sitting in a chair in his room. Pap was very angry with Huck for becoming smarter than his father and threatened to beat him if he didnt quit learning. Pap took Hucks only dollar and left, but showed up the contiguous day at Judge Thatchers house claiming to be Hucks legal guardian. Pap demanded the money that was in Hucks name, but the judge refused.A while later, Pap became desperate and kidnapped his son. He took him to a one-room log hut where Huck was kept locked up whenever Pap had to leave. Huck didnt like this too much, nor did he like the daily beatings he received when Pap was drunk. Despite this, Huck rather enjoyed not having to be civilized anymore. One night after Pap threatened to kill Huck, the boy decided he had taken enough he was going to escape.The next night while Pap was in town, Huck found a saw and cut out a piece of one of the walls. He crawled finished the hole and replaced the piece of wood so that Pap wouldnt notice it.