Huck and Jim Dialogue

Huck:

So today Jim and I was just being lazy when something happened I never thought ever would. So we was just sittin’ on our raft and talkin’. We weren’t sayin’ anything really important when we saw something floatin’ in the river. Jim said it was just a piece of wood, but I reckon he was wrong. So I says, “You's wrong Jim. I know it’s not a piece of wood. I think it might be a dog and always wanted a dog so I’m just gonna see what it is. I’ll be right back.” So I left Jim sleeping and swam down closer to the shore. By- and-by all that swimmin’ made me mighty tired, but it was worth it. By jinkins it was not a dog, it was a girl! She was restin’ on a piece of wood. At first I was scared becuz she might be dead, but she wasn’t floating on her back, so I knew she was alive. I was scared to pull her to shore because it was daytime, but the Widow Douglas always tells me to never leave someone behind especially when they are in trouble. By-and-by this girl looked in trouble. She was real pretty, smart too, she looked a couple years older than me. Her name was Sarah or something like that and she says she fell off a boat. She named where she was from, but I never heard of it so I reckon she was lying or it was far away. She kept cryin’ and sayin’ how she wanted to go home so badly. It was mighty annoying, but I felt bad so I told her we’d bring her home. So after I knew we was safe on the little island. I called Jim to come over with the raft. We never had a girl on the raft before and I hope we never do again. Jim says a girl on a boat is bad luck. I sure hope her home is close-by I can’t wait to get rid of her. Jim says the first thing he’ll do when he gets to a free state is buy a wife. I don’t know why he would want to do that. Seems like a waste of good money to me.

Jim:

Huck’s one of de bes chile’s I ever met. I jis settin on da raft when he says, “Jim, we gunna hava free life real soon” I was scar’d when a boat wit a man came up to us though. I knews he’d never tun’ me in. Huck’s real smart in dat way I reck’n. It was dark so I reck’n the man ain’t gonna see me. We been paddlin’ for a real long time when I jump of dat raft and I swam faster den I ever could. I had a feelin' I was free. I jis knew it. I doan’ know where I was, but nex’ thin’ I knows I’s a sure free man. “Dis ain’t no run’way slave” I says I’s a fin'lly free! I know no man could feel sich a way. I dream of dis momen’ my whole life. Ef you see a butterfly it’s a sign dat you’s agwyne have good luck. I jis knew I was gwyne have luck when I saws a butt’fly today. I doan know when it was gwyne happen’, but it did! I never has to see ol’ Miss Watson agin. I never been so excit’d. She’s agwyne sell me down South. I knows I doan belon’ down dere. I knows I’s gonna be rich real soon too cuz I got hairy arms en a hairy chest. Wunst, I git on shore I gweyne to buy me a wife. Not right ‘way thou. I ain’t spen’n no money at wunst. I might be po’ , but I need to inves’ some of it. I'll save up for a chile too. When I have a chile he’s gweyne be just like Huck. Always doin’ stuff for other peoples en not thinken’ ‘bout ‘self.