Day 2

Cairo

The destination where Huck and Jim need to be in order to be closer to freedom is Cairo. Cairo is a southern town near free states. They believe they will be free if they are living in a free state. However on their journey to Cairo, a major fog storm hits and the boys can only see a couple feet in front of them. During the storm, they unknowingly pass the fork in the river where they need to turn onto in order to reach Cairo. In the morning they are still sailing down the river when finally, miles past their mistake, they realized they passed where they needed to be. Unfortunately, due to the current, there is nothing they can do to go back, besides pick up their canoe and walk back up the river. They decided not to do that and just keep traveling down the river.

Grangerford's vs. Shephardson's
On their voyage down the river, after missing Cairo, the boys come in counter with a steamboat that smashes their raft and separates the two of them. After they are separated, Huck goes on to find the Grangerford's, a very nice family that takes Huck in as one of their own. Huck come particularly close with the family member Buck because they are close in age. They share a room, they share clothes, they share everything. Huck and Buck grow very fond of each other. Unfortunately, to Huck's dismay, there is a major family feud going on between the Grangerford's and the Shephardson's, much like the feud in Romeo and Juliet. Poor Huck wakes up one morning only to find that the feud escalated and all the Grangerford's and Shephardson's were brutally killed in a battle. Huck luckily meets up with Jim again and they continue on their way.