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♫ Now listen here folks, my name is Tom Sawyer

♫ I don't want to be no doctor or no lawyer

♫ Fishing by the river, that's the only place to be

♫ I want to be free sitting under a tree, that's me

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I want to be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me

- Huck, hey Huck.

It's me, Tom.

Huck?

Hey, are you home?

- Tom?

What are you raising such a ruckus about?

- I'm going on a trip.

I just wanted to come around and say goodbye

before I left.

- Really?

Where you going to, Tom?

- Arkansas.

- Arkansas, what you going there for?

- I'm taking some papers to my Aunt Sally.

- You mean to tell me your Aunt Polly is letting you go

all by yourself?

- Yep, it's been so busy over at Doc Mitchell's

that my cousin Mary can't go, so Aunt Polly is sending me.

- Boy, I sure wish I was coming with you.

- I wish you were too, Huck,

but I won't be gone that long

because I'm gonna have to come home in time

to go back to school.

- Why would you want to go back to school?

- I got no choice about it.

- That's too bad.

- If you don't mind, I'd rather not talk

about school anymore.

- Okay.

So what else is new?

- I heard tell that your pa is back in town.

Did you know about that?

- Yep.

- I reckon he's looking for you

so he can make you go back to work for him.

- [Huck] Yep, that's what I'm figuring.

- So, uh, what do you plan on doing, Huck?

- Nothing.

- You're acting like you don't even care about it.

- Nope.

- I know something is bothering you.

What is it?

- I reckon it's Injun Joe.

Supposing he comes around here hunting for you

and finds me.

Why, he might kill me and bury me somewheres

and then nobody will ever know what happened to me.

- Come on, Huck, nobody's seen hide nor hair

of Injun Joe in ages.

You're not still worried about him, are you?

With that there reward on his head, he ain't likely

to show up here again.

- Really?

- Of course.

Everybody in town would like to cash in on that reward,

don't you know?

And they're keeping an eye out for him.

- Huh?

Is there really a reward on him?

- I heard Aunt Polly and Mary talking about it

at breakfast just this morning.

Aunt Polly saw this poster at the sheriff's office

that said wanted dead or alive.

- Hmm, you know, much as I hate to say it,

I think I'd rather have him brought in dead as alive.

- $100 reward?

Sure looks like a mean 'un.

- Dead or alive? - Mmhmm.

I'd sure like to catch him.

- The only way that stupid detective Pinkerton

could catch him is if he tripped over him

lying dead in the street.

- Hey Pinkerton.

Come back here a minute.

- Well Sheriff, I see you changed your mind

about me already, didn't you?

- Only reason I stopped you is because you left

without taking this thing with you.

Not that I think for a minute it will help you

catch Injun Joe.

- Humph.

- [Old Man Finn] Hey sheriff.

You gonna help me find my son Huck?

- Look, I got no idea where he is.

Matter of fact, as far as I'm concerned,

your son would probably be a whole lot better off

if he never set eyes on you again.

- Look here, sheriff, he's my son

and I'm entitled to have my son if'n I want to have my son.

- Get out of here, old man.

- [Woman] I hope they catch him.

- No, he's long gone by now.

- Well what do we have here?

$100 reward for Injun Joe.

Hmm, could be I run across him

while I'm looking for my boy.

- It's gonna be powerful lonesome around here

with you gone, Tom.

- Yeah, well I'll miss you too, Huck, old buddy.

- Arkansas is a ways down the river.

You're gonna be on the boat a long time.

- Nah, just a few days.

- What you reckon you'll be doing on that boat

all by yourself, Tom?

- I won't be by myself.

Becky is taking the boat to St. Louis.

- Well now, ain't that some coincidence?

Becky's gonna be going on the same boat.

How about that?

I'll be you had the whole thing planned from the beginning.

- What do you mean by that?

- Well I bet you was figuring all along

on them starlit nights alone with Becky. (chuckles)

- I wasn't thinking about any such thing.

You know it.

You take that back, Huck, I mean it.

- Tom and Becky, sitting in a tree.

- You take that back - K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

- if you know what's good for you, you hear me?

I didn't have no idea we was gonna be on the same boat.

- I'm never taking it back.

- That boy, I'll keep looking all day if I have to.

- Uh oh.

- You give up already?

- It's my dad.

- What the matter with you, Huck?

- My pa's coming up here.

- I know you're here and I'm gonna find ya.

Come out, boy, before I run out of whiskey.

- Yep, it's him.

- And I'm a goner if he catches me now, Tom.

I may not have another chance to say it,

so have a good trip.

- Yeah, you take care of yourself, Huck,

and I sure wish you could have come.

- Mhm.

- Who's out there?

Come back here, boy, I know it's you.

I'll find that kid.

Huck, where are you?

No use you hiding.

- Gee, I reckon it's better having no pappy

than having one like that.

- That Tom is no more reliable than a 50 cent alarm clock.

Where is that boy?

- Oh boy, I'm late.

I bet Aunt Polly is fit to be tied.

I'm home.

Here I am.

- Tom, where have you been, young man, you're late.

If we don't hurry, you'll miss the boat.

I want you to get ready as quickly as possible.

- Well let's go then.

- I've laid out your best clothes for you to wear

on your trip, but you get upstairs and take yourself

a bath before you put them on.

- What's wrong with these clothes?

- You have to wear your best clothes on the boat

or everybody's gonna think you're a stowaway, Tom.

- Whatever you say, Aunt Polly.

- And wash behind your ears.

- Oh, I will, Aunt Polly.

- Listen to me now, Tom, this is most important.

You must be very careful with these certificates

because they are very valuable.

- I understand.

- When you arrive on the boat

you must put them in a place for safekeeping,

and when you get to Aunt Sally's,

give them directly to her, not to Uncle Cyrus,

because they're the only way she'll be able

to get a loan on her farm.

- Mhm, yes, I understand, Aunt Polly,

and I'll see to it that she gets them.

- I hope you do understand how important

these certificates are and the fact that

if they were lost along the way,

Aunt Sally would lose her farm.

- [Tom Voiceover] How many times is she gonna tell me?

- Now Tom, this is the most important errand

I've ever given you and I want you to promise

you'll take it seriously and concentrate

on what you're doing.

- Mhm, I will, Aunt Polly, you can depend on me.

- I am depending on you, so don't let me down.

Now hurry along and get dressed proper.

- Hey, maybe I should go along with Tom.

- What?

- Yeah, and kind of keep an eye on things, Aunt Polly.

- I don't want to have to worry about the two of you.

I'll be losing enough sleep over Tom.

Now make sure you give my love to your Aunt Sally

and Uncle Cyrus, and I want you to be on your best behavior.

Are you listening to me, Tom?

- Yes, I understand.

- Will you bring me something back from the farm, Tom?

- Hmm.

- I love you, dear. - Bye, mother.

- Bye.

- I'm so excited.

Are you ready, Tom?

- Of course I am.

- Becky, will you keep an eye on Tom

and see to it that he behaves himself

like a gentleman on the trip?

- I can keep an eye on myself.

- Don't worry, I will.

- We gotta go. - You be good now.

Goodbye, dears.

With Becky along to influence him,

Tom should be able to stay out of trouble

on the boat at least.

- Be careful you don't fall into the river and drown, Tom.

- Oh gracious, I almost got left ashore.

- [Worker] Okay, swing it over.

(crowd shouting)

- Goodbye.

(crowd shouting)

Becky, I really don't think they can hear you

anymore, you know?

- Look Tom, way over there.

You can see my house from here.

- Gosh, you talk like you're homesick already, Becky.

- Not at all, Tom.

Let's go have some fun.

(both giggling)

- Hey, Mr. Pinkerton.

- Hello, Tom.

- How come you're leaving St. Petersburg?

Did they fire you?

- No no no.

I'm still on the job.

I just thought I'd travel down to St. Louis

and see if that Injun Joe has been spotted

down thataway.

- You're still on the case?

- Well, yes of course I'm still on the case,

and I'll be on the case until I solve it.

And it won't be solved until I find Injun Joe,

so I was thinking I'd go on down to St. Louis

and see if he's turned up--

- You're figuring Injun Joe is after me

and you're following me because you want to try to--

- You hold on there just one moment, young man.

I'm not figuring any such thing.

And besides, if you want to know what I think happened

to Injun Joe, I'll tell you.

- What?

- My theory, Tom, is that he drowned.

- Drowned, where?

- In the river of course.

Where else do you think that a person would drown?

In his own bathtub?

Why don't you use your head, young fella?

- Well are you gonna tell me or aren't you?

- In the river.

That's just how I have it figured.

That Injun is somewhere around the river bottom.

And you can just leave it at that, humph.

- [Tom Voiceover] I didn't think much

of Mr. Pinkerton's theory.

It seemed too easy a solution to the problem

of finding Injun Joe.

The river?

Why Joe knowed the river too good to drown in it.

I suppose anything is possible,

but it sure didn't seem very probable to me.

- Tom, you coming?

Tom, Tom, slow down.

(horn blowing)

- Come on, Becky.

Let's go forward.

This is gonna be a great trip.

(band playing jazz music)

- Gosh, Tom, I don't think there's anything

more beautiful than the river at night.

- I know what you mean, Becky.

It's kind of peaceful like.

- Just look at all those stars.

- Yeah, they sure are beautiful.

There's hundreds of them.

- Thousands.

- More like a trillion of them.

- I think I could just gaze at them all night.

There's so many of them.

(Tom's neck cracking)

- My neck is hurting.

- So is mine.

- You want to take a stroll around the deck with me, Becky?

- That would be lovely.

- Look, there's the pilot house.

That's where the captain works.

- It must be hard to manage a boat as big as this.

- Yep, the captain has to be right smart.

You know, I was thinking about becoming

a steamboat captain, Becky.

I reckon it's even possible that maybe someday

I could be getting a job right here on this very boat.

- Really, Tom?

- Yep, one day you'll call me captain.

- How exciting.

- Then we could get--

What I mean to say is,

if I was a captain, maybe then you'd agree to--

- Maybe I would agree to what, Tom?

- Maybe you'd agree to marry me.

- What's that?

- You see, I was hoping that maybe you would (gulps)

You would want to marry me, maybe.

- Oh dear, look.

- What are you looking at?

- Who's that? - He's a stowaway.

Don't worry, they'll catch him.

- Who is it?

- I don't know.

But someone's coming.

- Hey, you kids are up awful late, aren't you?

Be careful.

You don't want to catch a chill

in this cool night air, okay?

Bye.

- Golly.

He almost caught him.

- I know.

- Let's go take a look and see if we know who it is.

- Okay, but be careful.

- I don't hear anything.

(knocking on boat)

Hello in there, who are you?

- Hi Tom.

- [Tom] It's Huck!

What are you doing in there?

- I think I'm dying.

Help me, Tom, I gotta get out of here.

- We will, Huck, you just hold on a minute.

- Help me, I've been lying here all day

and I don't rightly believe I'll make it out.

I might even be starving to death.

Can you get me something to eat?

- We'll get you out.

- I got some cookies in my cabin, Huck.

- [Huck] I sure could use some.

- Where you going?

- Sure are lots of stars out there tonight, Becky.

You think we can count them all?

- Gosh, I doubt it.

- They gone?

- Not yet.

- Boy howdy, that sure was a close one.

- Sure was.

- Do you reckon they overheard us talking to Huck?

- I hope not.

- You go back to the cabin and get those cookies.

I think you better wait for me and Huck there.

- Okay, Tom.

- Much obliged for the cookies, Becky.

- Okay.

- Come on out, Huck.

The coast is clear but you better get a move on.

- Whoa!

- Careful, Huck.

You okay?

We gotta get you out of here.

We're going to Becky's cabin.

She's got those cookies there and you can rest

while we figure out what to do with you.

Easy, Huck, you can make it.

(Huck panting)

Oh no, here comes one of the crewmen.

We gotta hide you, Huck.

Duck.

My shoes are untied.

- You better get them tied before you trips

and falls over, boy.

- Huck, are you all right, Huck?

- I gotta eat.

I gotta eat now.

- Wait here.

Okay, hurry up.

Uh oh.

Oh no!

They've got us surrounded, Huck.

We've got to hide in here.

Let me do all the talking.

Come on.

Excuse us, sir, I think we must have the wrong cabin.

- I should say you do.

- I was looking for my girlfriend's cabin.

I guess I got mixed up.

- I guess you must have.

Now get.

- Forgive the intrusion.

Goodbye, sir.

- Where'd they go?

That one boy sure looked like a stowaway to me.

I'll report them to the captain first thing in the morning.

Tarnation, a man can't even have any privacy

behind a closed door.

- Come on, Huck, Becky's waiting for us.

- Give me a minute.

- [Becky] Where are those cookies?

Ah.

- Becky. - Coming.

- Hurry, Becky. - I'm coming, I'm coming.

Oh, Huck, what happened to you anyway?

(Huck groaning)

- Boy, he sure must have been starving, huh, Becky?

- I think I better get some water.

- Thanks, Tom.

- [Becky] Here, Huck, drink some water.

- Thanks, Becky.

I'm much obliged to you for everything.

- Tell us, Huck, how in the world did you get

in the boat in the first place?

- I snuck on board early this morning.

- Why'd you do that?

Don't you know you're liable to be arrested

for trying to stow away on a riverboat

without paying, Huck?

- Yeah, but if I didn't, Pa would make sure

he'd skin me alive.

- But Huck, if they catch you riding on the boat

without a ticket, they'll arrest you

and the sheriff won't have any choice

but to send you right back to your father.

- Oh no they won't,

because I'd sooner jump in the river as let them send me

back to him.

I'd swim to shore and be gone faster than spit.

I'd make my own home in St. Louis.

Yeah, that big old town would sure be heaven on earth.

- No, Huck, jumping in the river just wouldn't be safe.

And the big city is no place for a young boy

living on his own.

Why, soon you'd have to begin begging and stealing

just to get something to eat.

It's not at all like living in the country

like in St. Petersburg.

You wouldn't like it at all, Huck.

- [Tom] She's right.

- Holy smoke, I never thought of that.

Now what am I gonna do?

- Don't worry, Huck.

I'm certain we'll be able to figure something out

if we put our heads together, or our money.

All right, what do you say, Tom?

- Yeah, that's a fine idea.

I got a few dollars.

- Gee, thank you, Tom.

- Any time, Huck.

How much do you have, Becky?

- Wait a second, don't we have to decide

where I'm going first before we start figuring

how much money I'm gonna need?

- He has a point there, Tom.

- Why don't you come along with me to my aunt's farm?

- Hey. - Golly, Tom.

That's a great idea.

- But he's gonna have to promise to come right back home

with me to St. Petersburg when I return

at the end of the summer.

- I have $15 my mother gave me

and that should be more than enough

for a round trip ticket.

How does that sound to you, Huck?

- And your father should be long gone by that time, right?

- He ought to be by then.

- Well it's all settled then.

You'll just pay the captain and there won't be any problem.

- How am I gonna tell him how I got here

in the first place?

- You'll just have to think of something, pal.

- It shouldn't really matter as long as he pays,

but you're so clever, Tom, could you think of

something to say?

- Yeah, I suppose I could think of something if I have to.

- Great, then it's all settled.

And maybe you can lend Huck some

of your good clothes to wear

while we're still on the boat.

That way the other passengers won't be thinking

he's a stowaway and report him.

- Guess so.

- Uh uh, no monkey suits, thank you kindly.

- [Tom Voiceover] These plans were all well and good,

but golly, I sure wished I'd had more time alone

on the boat with Becky.

Once we'd straightened out Huck's passage with the captain,

Becky and I were really happy that Huck had managed

to come along on the trip.

So from then on, it was always the three of us.

Can't catch me. - That's what you think.

(Tom yawns)

(both yawn)

- This is the life.

(Becky cheering)

- [Tom] We had so much fun together

that before we knew it, we had reached St. Louis.

And this is where we had to say good bye to Becky.

- Bye. - Goodbye, Tom.

Bye.

- I'm sorry, Tom, I figure I sort of messed up

your time with Becky, didn't I?

- That's okay.

- Hey, my hat!

Hey Tom!

- Whoa!

- Give me my hat!

- [Tom] Now it was just me and Huck on the boat

for the next few days.

Then on to Aunt Sally's farm.

We figured we'll tell her that Huck was my brother Sid,

seeing how she'd never met him before.

And I guess we'll just have to see if we can pull it off

when we get there.

One thing's for certain.

It's sure gonna be a lot of fun trying.

♫ These are the stories of Tom Sawyer

♫ Me and Huck Finn just playing by the river

♫ Chasing that steamboat, teacher let me be

♫ I want to be free sitting under a tree

♫ That's me