Some Readings from Huck Finn ...for you Dad

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Posted by Steve Powell on January 10, 2003 at 20:32:13 from 63.237.147.241 usr2-41.bluemoon.net :

Hi Dad,
Can wait to read Huck Finn to your grandkids like you read for me and Jim (my brother) when we were young. The first line here is where Huck and Jim are gliding down the Mississippi -free. This passage also reminds me of life. It is like gliding down a river on a riverboat. People get on at one point and get off where they will. We ... we all ride that boat together only for a time... My time with you was the best!

To keep you company here is a little bid of Huckleberry Finn:

"...always light the lantern whenever we see a steamboat coming down-stream,
to keep from getting run over; but we wouldn't have to light it for
up-stream boats unless we see we was in what they call a "crossing"; for the
river was pretty high yet, very low banks being still a little under water;
so up-bound boats didn't always run the channel, but hunted easy water.

This second night we run between seven and eight hours, with a current
that was making over four mile an hour. We catched fish and talked, and we
took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn,
drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the
stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that
we laughed -- only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good
weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all -- that
night, nor the next, nor the next.

Every night we passed towns, some of them away up on black hillsides,
nothing but just a shiny bed of lights; not a house could you see. The fifth
night we passed St. Louis, and it was like the whole world lit up. In St.
Petersburg they used to say there was twenty or thirty thousand people in
St. Louis, but I never believed it till I see that wonderful spread of
lights at two o'clock that still night. There warn't a sound there;
everybody was asleep.

Every night now I used to slip ashore towards ten o'clock at some little
village, and buy ten or fifteen cents' worth of meal or bacon or other stuff
to eat; and sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable,
and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get a chance..."
Mark Twain

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: Hi Dad, : Can wait to read Huck Finn to your grandkids like you read for me and Jim (my brother) when we were young. The first line here is where Huck and Jim are gliding down the Mississippi -free. This passage also reminds me of life. It is like gliding down a river on a riverboat. People get on at one point and get off where they will. We ... we all ride that boat together only for a time... My time with you was the best! : To keep you company here is a little bid of Huckleberry Finn: : "...always light the lantern whenever we see a steamboat coming down-stream, : to keep from getting run over; but we wouldn't have to light it for : up-stream boats unless we see we was in what they call a "crossing"; for the : river was pretty high yet, very low banks being still a little under water; : so up-bound boats didn't always run the channel, but hunted easy water. : This second night we run between seven and eight hours, with a current : that was making over four mile an hour. We catched fish and talked, and we : took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, : drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the : stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that : we laughed -- only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good : weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all -- that : night, nor the next, nor the next. : Every night we passed towns, some of them away up on black hillsides, : nothing but just a shiny bed of lights; not a house could you see. The fifth : night we passed St. Louis, and it was like the whole world lit up. In St. : Petersburg they used to say there was twenty or thirty thousand people in : St. Louis, but I never believed it till I see that wonderful spread of : lights at two o'clock that still night. There warn't a sound there; : everybody was asleep. : Every night now I used to slip ashore towards ten o'clock at some little : village, and buy ten or fifteen cents' worth of meal or bacon or other stuff : to eat; and sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, : and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get a chance..." : Mark Twain

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