Chapter 17

In Chapter 17, the town has a funeral for Tom, Huck and Joe Harper.  What they didn't know was that Tom, Huck and Joe were still alive and were watching the funeral take place.  Halfway through the funeral the boys walk down the isle.  Everyone was in shock and happy to see the boys safe and sound.  Everyone went up to Tom and Joe giving them hugs and kisses.  No one went to see Huck.  Then Tom told his aunt no one was happy to see Huck, so his aunt said, " Well I'm happy to see Huck!"  as she ran to him giving him hugs and kisses only making the whole thing even more awkward for Huck.

Nick. B.

Chapter 16

Chapter 16 starts off when Joe realizes that he is starting to get homesick and wants to leave. Joe suggests leaving and Tom is willing to go with him. Huck refuses to go and tells the boys he will share his secret if they are willing to stay. Tom and Joe decide to stay in exchange for Huck teaching them both how to smoke. After smoking in the afternoon, Tom and Joe feel sick and decide to go lay down. Their bad luck was not over because that evening it started to storm. The boys were terrified! The storm carried away their tent. The boys huddles together under a burnt tree and stay there until morning. They decide that they need to now be indians and true indians smoke a peace pipe. This time the boys did not get nearly as sick.

Chapter 15

Tom swims out a sandbar and hops on board a ferry headed for the Missouri shore. After he arrives back at shore he creeps home to find Aunt Polly, Sid, Mary and Mrs. Harper sitting together. From a hidden location under the bed, tom hears everyone (except Sid) share how much they miss the boys. They wished they had been kinder to them. Tom learns that the groups of ships found the boys raft downstream and everyone assumes they have drowned. Tom waits until everyone has gone to bed and debates on leaving the note for Aunt Polly. He decides against it and heads back to join his fellow pirates on the island again.

Chapter 14: Happy Camp of Freeboaters

Tom, Huck and Joe Harper awoke to the sound of a muffled boom.  It was a cannon.  The book states that when people were suspected of drowning in the lake, the vibration of the boom make the dead bodies rise up to the top.  "They done that last summer, when Bill Turner got drowned.  They shoot a cannon over the water; That makes em come up to the top".

Kelsey

Chapter 13

In chapter thirteen Huck, Tom and Joe become vagrant pirates. All three of them run away from home with plans of not returning. When they find a place to live, which is on an empty island, they camp out under the stars. On their way to the island they steal food and later that night Tom's conscious tells him stealing is not right. The boys make a promise not to steal again.

Chapter 12

Tom has been feeling a bit depressed and upset about all of the recent events. Aunt Polly takes notice and gives him a number of ineffective remedies since she is under the impression Tom is sick. Tom decides rather than drink down these awful concoctions, he should feed the medicine to the cat. The cat in turn reacts by becoming extremely hyperactive. Aunt Polly catches on and promptly sends Tom off to school.

Chapter 11

In this chapter the town's people find Dr. Robinson's body in the grave yard, with Potter's knife right next right next to the body. Everyone thinks that it is Potter who killed the doctor. There is a huge group of people by the grave yard and everyone is blaming Potter, even Injun Joe. Potter is sitting there crying to the police but they don't believe him. When Potter goes to jail, Tom starts to sneak items to Muff's jail cell. At the end of the chapter Tom, Sid, and Aunt Polly are sitting at the table and sid says that Tom has been talking in his sleep and Aunt Polly got worries that something bad was on his mind.