Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter Nine Summary
Serious issues of slavery and morality aside, Huck is a young boy on an island, which means some exploring is clearly in order.
He and Jim head towards the middle of an island and find a cavern. After hiding their canoe and supplies, they take shelter there during a storm and eat dinner.
Huck declares he is so happy to be sitting there hanging out with Jim, there’s nowhere else he’d rather be. In return, Jim says, "I told you so!" about the rain.
Things go on this way for a while. Huck and Jim are happy as they are, but they can’t go out in daylight lest someone spot them.
One night, the two men come upon a makeshift house floating down the river (it was flooded and dislodged in the storm).
They climb in and Jim finds a dead body. He tells Huck not to look at the man’s face, as it’s "too gashly."
The two take as many supplies as they can from the house and head back to Jackson’s Island.