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Muff Potter: A Short Story

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Tom was worried. He didn’t know what he should do. Muff Potter was a kind man. He had fixed his kite a couple of times, and he had also hooked his line for him. If was almost absolute that he was supposed to help him. However, Tom was just a rowdy boy, nobody would believe him, right? Tom thought back to the promise he had Huck. They said that neither of them would say anything about this! Tom thought it was right at the time, but now, he wasn’t so sure. That night, Tom couldn’t sleep. Instead, he thought of Muff Potter who was in jail at this very moment, waiting for Tom to come free him. Instead, though, Tom was lying on a comfortable bed, under a safe roof, enjoying his peace and freedom. Tom couldn’t just let them kill Potter! As

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