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.
