Приключения Гекльберри Финна

Chapter 12

           ItoldJimallaboutthetimeIhadjabberingwiththatwoman;andJimsaidshewasasmartone,andifshewastostartafterusherselfshewouldn’tsetdownandwatchacampfireno,sir,she’dfetchadog.Well,then,Isaid,whycouldn’tshetellherhusbandtofetchadog?Jimsaidhebetshedidthinkofitbythetimethemenwasreadytostart,andhebelievedtheymustagoneup-towntogetadogandsotheylostallthattime,orelsewewouldn’tbehereonatowheadsixteenorseventeenmilebelowthevillageno,indeedy,wewouldbeinthatsameoldtownagain.SoIsaidIdidn’tcarewhatwasthereasontheydidn’tgetusaslongastheydidn’t.

           Whenitwasbeginningtocomeondarkwepokedourheadsoutofthecottonwoodthicket,andlookedupanddownandacross;nothinginsight;soJimtookupsomeofthetopplanksoftheraftandbuiltasnugwigwamtogetunderinblazingweatherandrainy,andtokeepthethingsdry.Jimmadeafloorforthewigwam,andraiseditafootormoreabovetheleveloftheraft,sonowtheblanketsandallthetrapswasoutofreachofsteamboatwaves.Rightinthemiddleofthewigwamwemadealayerofdirtaboutfiveorsixinchesdeepwithaframearounditfortoholdittoitsplace;thiswastobuildafireoninsloppyweatherorchilly;thewigwamwouldkeepitfrombeingseen.Wemadeanextrasteering-oar,too,becauseoneoftheothersmightgetbrokeonasnagorsomething.

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