Chapter 4

           Well,threeorfourmonthsrunalong,anditwaswellintothewinternow.Ihadbeentoschoolmostallthetimeandcouldspellandreadandwritejustalittle,andcouldsaythemultiplicationtableuptosixtimessevenisthirty-five,andIdon’treckonIcouldevergetanyfurtherthanthatifIwastoliveforever.Idon’ttakenostockinmathematics,anyway.

           AtfirstIhatedtheschool,butbyandbyIgotsoIcouldstandit.WheneverIgotuncommontiredIplayedhookey,andthehidingIgotnextdaydonemegoodandcheeredmeup.SothelongerIwenttoschooltheeasieritgottobe.Iwasgettingsortofusedtothewidow’sways,too,andtheywarn’tsoraspyonme.Livinginahouseandsleepinginabedpulledonmeprettytightmostly,butbeforethecoldweatherIusedtoslideoutandsleepinthewoodssometimes,andsothatwasaresttome.Ilikedtheoldwaysbest,butIwasgettingsoIlikedthenewones,too,alittlebit.ThewidowsaidIwascomingalongslowbutsure,anddoingverysatisfactory.Shesaidshewarn’tashamedofme.

           OnemorningIhappenedtoturnoverthesalt-cellaratbreakfast.IreachedforsomeofitasquickasIcouldtothrowovermyleftshoulderandkeepoffthebadluck,butMissWatsonwasinaheadofme,andcrossedmeoff.Shesays,"Takeyourhandsaway,Huckleberry;whatamessyouarealwaysmaking!"Thewidowputinagoodwordforme,butthatwarn’tgoingtokeepoffthebadluck,Iknowedthatwellenough.Istartedout,afterbreakfast,feelingworriedandshaky,andwonderingwhereitwasgoingtofallonme,andwhatitwasgoingtobe.Thereiswaystokeepoffsomekindsofbadluck,butthiswasn’toneofthemkind;soInevertriedtodoanything,butjustpokedalonglow-spiritedandonthewatch-out.

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