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Dead? Or Run Away?

Earlier this week, Tom Sawyer, Joe Harper, and Huckleberry Finn all went missing. They were pronounced dead and their funeral is later this week. These three boys were a menace to the town, but now that they’re gone, people are starting to realize how much they meant to them. The raft that the boys were on was later found farther down the river, without the three boys. The officials presume that the boys drowned while rafting down the river. We have held a massive search for the boys, but so far we have come out empty handed and have found nothing but the raft. We have interviewed Aunt Polly on how she feels about the loss of Tom. “I feel really terrible about the loss of my Tom boy. I’m wishin that I’d neva whipped em’ so much. If only I coulda said goodbye to my little Tommy.” She stated. We also interviewed Tom and Joe’s school teacher. “These two mischievous boys were always getting themselves into trouble. But, ima miss them boys. They coulda been good if they’d wanted too. I think Joe had a very high potential, but Tom was another story. Tom was just plumb bad in school. He didn’t pay attention, there for he was not very bright,” their school master said. There is not much information on Huckleberry Finn fellow because he didn’t go to school and he roamed the streets like a hungry dog. He was a loner who smoked and drank.



Confessions of a Pirate Boy

I interviewed Tom Sawyer with a plan to get the idea of why he ran away. This is what he said to me:

Me – So Tom, why did you feel the need to run away? Tom – Well, I figured nobody loved me ‘n Joe felt the same way so we ‘cided nobody loves us so’s nobody was gunna miss us. Me – But you were wrong? Tom – Dern tootin’ Me – How did you feel when you returned home that night and heard what Aunt Polly had said? Tom – My heart was achin’ for her. She’d always been the best Auntie even though she whipped me sometimes. I just wanted to go home, but I couldn’t cuz then th’other boys would think I’ma coward. Me – Did you have a fun time pirating? Tom – It was fun fer a while, but then it just got plum boring. Plus, knowin that people were missin us got us boys a little bit homesick. Me – Do you think that you would ever go pirating again? Tom – Maybe so, but just fer a little while long. I will not do it fer more than one night ever again.



Glory: What is it Worth?

Tom Sawyer. The town menace. No one appreciates him… until he runs away. Tom runs away because he feels unwanted and that it would be a better and fun life to be a pirate. Everyone in the town is in great sorrow and grief because Tom, Joe, and Huck were presumed dead. While hiding out on an island down the Mississippi River, Tom, Joe, and Huck don’t realize what they’re putting their family and friends through. Soon enough, Tom, Joe, and Huck get homesick and return home. It happens to be that when they arrive their funeral is going on. Right when the funeral gets the moodiest, they strut in. //Great time, huh? Coming back now after everyone had already experienced great sorrow!// Everyone greets them with hugs and kisses. Tom, Joe, and Huck soak in the glory from all the envious schoolboys. They don’t feel bad at all for what they put their family through!

No one in the town realizes how poorly Tom, Joe, and Huck treated them (Tom especially)! Of course they missed him, and they don’t want him to feel unwanted anymore, but Tom needs some sense smacked into him so he can realize the world doesn’t revolve around him! He’s too worried about his popularity and how many people envy him to put others before him. Hopefully, later on, Tom learns a lesson and thinks about others.







Help Tom, Joe, and Huck escape by taking the raft to the island!