[00:00.58]Chapter 3 Huck and Jim travel south
[00:06.08]For some days everything went along quietly，but we were getting bored．
[00:15.54]We wanted to know what was happening in town and so I decided to go and find out．
[00:22.90]Jim said，'Why don't you wear the old dress and the hat that we found in the house？
[00:31.46]People won't know you， then． They'll think you're a girl．' And so I did．
[00:39.64]Just after it was dark，I got into the canoe
[00:45.62]And went up the river to the bottom of the town．
[00:49.41]There，I left the canoe and went on foot．
[00:55.52]Before long， I came to a little house which was always empty．
[01:00.92]Now there was a light on，and when I looked through the window，
[01:07.69]I saw a woman of about forty．
[01:11.17]She was a stranger and that was good because she didn't know me．
[01:17.76]So I knocked on the door．'I must remember that I'm a girl'I said to myself．
[01:26.73]The woman opened the door．'Come in，' she said．
[01:34.03]She looked at me with her little bright eyes．'What's your name？'she asked．
[01:42.15]'Sarah Williams，'I replied．'I'm going to see my uncle，on the other side of town．
[01:51.81]My mother's ill， you see，and she needs help．'
[01:57.15]'Well， you can't go there by yourself now．It's too dark．
[02:05.18]My husband will be home in about an hour． Wait for him and he'll walk with you．'
[02:13.67]And then she began to tell me about all her troubles．
[02:20.46]I was getting bored with all this until she said something about Pop and my murder．
[02:28.97]'Who did it？'I asked．
[02:32.90]'Well，'she replied，'some people say old Finn did it himself；
[02:40.31]Other people think it was a slave who ran away that night．
[02:45.70]His name was Jim．
[02:48.85]They'll give three hundred dollars to anybody who finds him——
[02:54.29]And they'll give two hundred dollars for old Finn．
[02:59.39]He got drunk and left town with two strangers．
[03:03.80]A lot of people think he killed his boy and he's going to come back one day，
[03:10.93]And get all Huck Finn's money．'
[03:15.40]'And what about the slave？'I asked．
[03:21.06]'Oh，they'll soon catch him． People want the three hundred dollars．
[03:27.98]I think he's on Jackson's Island， you know．I've seen smoke there．
[03:35.29]My husband's gone to get two of his friends
[03:38.80]And they're going over there with a gun later tonight．'
[03:44.34]When I heard this， my hands began to shake．
[03:48.92]The woman looked at me strangely，but then she smiled and said kindly，
[03:56.36]'What did you say your name was？'
[04:00.22]'M－Mary Williams．'
[04:04.96]'Oh，' she said，'I thought it was Sarah．'
[04:09.29]'Er… well， yes， it is． Sarah Mary Williams．
[04:16.64]Some people call me Sarah and some people call me Mary， you see．'
[04:23.11]'Oh，do they？'She smiled again．'Come on，now—what's your real name？
[04:35.42]Bill？ Bob？ I know you're not really a girl．'
[04:41.64]So then I had to tell her another story， with a different name，
[04:49.68]And I said I was running away． She said she wouldn't tell anybody，
[04:55.69]And gave me some food before I left．I hurried back to the island and Jim．
[05:02.96]'Quick，Jim！'I cried，waking him up．'They're coming to get us！'
[05:12.17]We got out the raft as fast as we could，put all our things on it，
[05:20.41]Tied the canoe on behind， and moved off down the river．
[05:26.38]When it began to get light，we hid． When it was dark again，we travelled on．
[05:35.26]On the fifth night we passed St Louis，
[05:40.04]And we decided to go on down to Cairo in Illinois，sell the raft there
[05:47.20]And get a boat to Ohio．There are no slaves in Ohio．
[05:53.06]We slept for most of that day and we began our journey again when it was dark．
[06:01.30]After some time，we saw lights on the Illinois side of the river
[06:07.88]And Jim got very excited．He thought it was Cairo．
[06:13.90]Jim got the canoe ready and I went off in it to take a look at those lights．
[06:20.74]But it wasn't Cairo．
[06:24.00]After that， we went on down the river．
[06:29.37]It was very dark that night and it wasn't easy to see where we were going．
[06:35.77]Suddenly，a big steamboat came at us very fast，and the next minute it was right over us．
[06:47.49]Jim and I jumped off the raft into the water．
[06:52.28]The boat hit the raft and went on up the river．
[06:57.72]When I came up out of the water， I couldn't see Jim anywhere．
[07:04.78]I called out his name again and again，but there was no answer．
[07:13.24]'He's dead！' I thought．Slowly， I swam to the side of the river and got out．
[07:25.31]I saw that I was near a big old wooden house．
[07:32.01]Suddenly a lot of very angry dogs jumped out at me．
[07:36.69]They made a terrible noise and someone called from the house，'Who's there？'
[07:44.74]'George Jackson，'I answered quickly．'I've fallen off a river boat．'
[07:52.70]Well， the people who lived in that house were very kind，
[07:59.44]And they took me in and gave me some new clothes and a good meal．
[08:05.08]I told them that my family were all dead，
[08:08.88]So they said I could stay with them as long as I wanted．
[08:13.37]It was a beautiful house and the food was good there， so I stayed．
[08:20.91]A few days later one of the slaves in the house came to me and said，
[08:29.10]'Come with me！'Together，we went down to some trees by the river．
[08:36.83]'In there！'he said and went away．
[08:42.17]On the ground， I found a man， asleep． It was Jim！ I was really pleased to see him．
[08:55.90]When the steamboat hit the raft，Jim told me， the raft didn't break up．
[09:01.58]Jim swam after it and caught it． Then he began to look for me．
[09:08.37]We decided to leave at once． It's all right living in a house for a little while，
[09:18.09]But you feel more free and easy and comfortable on a raft．