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Huckleberry Finn Chapter Summary

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Another adventure occurs when a great fog comes across the river and Jim and Huck become separated. They soon come across men asking about runaway slaves and Huck lies to them saying that his dad is on the raft and has smallpox. The men are scared of the disease and give Huck money and gets away from him fast. Huck and Jim become separated again when a steamboat slams into their raft. Huck makes it to the house of the Grangerfords and enjoys his time there. The Grangerfords have a family feud with the Shepherdsons and get into a gunfight. The family slaves take Huck to Jim who has been living on shore and fixed the raft. Then they are back on there adventures. Soon they rescue to men who are being attacked by people. The two men

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