Once Tom is treated by the doctor he ties him to a mattress and takes them back down to the Phelps' farm. What state are they currently in? Does this state have any free slaves? Did the doctor see the ad in the newspaper about Jim being a runaway slave that the duke and the king submitted? What will the boys do next? When they get to the farm people are wondering why there is snakes and other animals/insects in the cabin that Jim stayed in.
Once Aunt Polly comes to find the boys, their real identity is revealed, the boys help Jim become free, and Huck no longer has to worry about people coming after him because his father is dead. After reading the afterward portion I understood a big reason why Mark Twain wrote this novel: to show adults that they were once the mischievous kids like Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. I wish that Twain had more time to complete more books about the adventures of the two boys, but I guess we can leave that up to our imaginations.
When we started this reading back in January I thought that this book was going to be a drag to get through. However, after reading it I believe it was very enjoyable all the way around. Mark Twain has a unique way of tell this story from Huck's point of view and I really liked how he introduced a character from a different novel of his into this novel, that character being Tom Sawyer. I wonder what other adventures they will go on.