Huck Finn-Chapter 39-40/Summary

At the beginning of this chapter Tom and Huck go and catch their mice and store them under Aunt Sally's bed and they got out so they had to catch more mice. They also caught spiders and snakes. He also talks about how much Aunt Sally is jumpy whenever she sees a spider, snake, or mouse. Then they put a note on the front and back door that scared the family and then they had another note that said that it was an Indian that was putting the notes out and they were coming to get Jim. They put the letter in the collar of the watchman by the back door because he was asleep. Everyone was getting uneasy and kind of scared for when the Indians came. Then in the night when they were going to leave they were getting a lunch ready to take with them, but realized they forgot the butter. So Tom sent Huck down to get it from the cellar and on his way back up, Aunt Sally caught him up and wanted answers to why he was down there but he couldn't come up with anything so she sent him to a room which was full of townspeople ready to attack the Indians when they came. Huck is now nervous and sweating so when Aunt Sally came back to question him he still didn't know what to say and the butter started to melt and she saw it and freaked out that his brains were coming out and then took off his hat and saw the butter. She wasn't mad that he took the butter just relieved that his brains weren't coming out of his head. She sent him back up to bed and he snuck out the window. He told Tom everything and so they had to leave really quick but they heard the men outside the door trying to get in. Then they said they were going to hide in the shed and when the Indians came they would get them right there, so they came into the shed and Jim, Huck and Tom snuck out through the hole, in that order, because Tom said that was the way it had to be. Then they were in the lean to and listening until it was clear to run to the raft. They took off and there was shooting at them and they let the dogs go after them but when the dogs realized it was just them, they kept running on in search of the Indians. Then they got to the raft and started floating down the river and Tom told them he got shot in the leg. Jim and Huck decided they needed to get a doctor to Tom and Tom didn't like the idea, but finally had a plan that he would agree to. Huck was to tie up the doctor and blindfold him and walk him around town for awhile until he was lost and then take him to where they were and search him and take away his chalk. Huck agreed to his commands.