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Chapter 39:  Huck and Tom caught rats and snakes for Jim's shed.  On accident, the Phelps' house is infested.  Sally is panicked over the disorder.  Meanwhile, Jim can hardly move in the shed because of all the animals.  Uncle Silas had heard anything about Jim.  He decides to advertise Jim in two newspapers, St. Louis and New Orleans.  Tom writes a letter pretending to be a friend to warn of trouble for the Phelps'.  The letter is very detailed. 

Chapter 40:  Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were shaken by the letter and send Huck and Tom to bed right after dinner.  The entire town came to the house that night with guns.  The men attack the shed while Huck, Tom, and Jim are in it.  The three manage to escape to the raft.  Tom is super excited to have a bullet in his leg.






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