In the graveyard one night, waits Tom and Huck for the thieves to come by. They sat there not expecting what they were about to see. As three men wandered into the graveyard, they began digging, but not for a body, for a treasure map. At last they had found it. The three men instantly began to argue over who’s map it was. Then one of the men, Engine Joe, pulled out a knife, and killed the doc. Muff Potter, who was one of those three men didn’t know what to do. His friend, who had just killed the doc was now running away with the map, and there was also now a murderer on the loose. As Tom and Huck witnessed this gruesome sight, they couldn’t help but want to tell someone about it, but they knew they couldn’t. Soon enough the entire town knew about the murdering of the doc, except they were all convinced that it was Muff Potter. He swore he didn’t do it, and all though Tom knew he didn’t do it, he kept to himself. Everyone in town was back at ease. They figured that Muff was the murderer and he was locked up in jail, so he couldn’t cause any harm. Little did they know that the murderer had been just under their noses the whole time. When it came time for Muff Potter’s trial, Tom couldn’t take it anymore, even if he did make a pact with Huck not to tell. One of the friendliest men in town was being accused of a crime …show more content…
The next day was the town picnic. Everyone was enjoying themselves and when they finished eating the kids thought it would be fun to go to the cave. Soon after they were in the cave it was beginning to get dark, so it was time to come out, but Tom and his crush, Becky thought it would be exciting to explore deeper into the cave. They were having a grand time making echoes throughout the cave, but all of a sudden rocks started crashing down all around them. Tom and Becky were now trapped in the cave and there was nothing left to do except to go further into the cave and find an