The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Why does Huck lie to his father about the gun? (CH 7-11)

Why does Huck lie to his father about the gun? (CH 7-11)

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Huck is prepared to defend himself against Pap.

"What you doin' with this gun?"

I judged he didn't know nothing about what he had been doing, so I says:

"Somebody tried to get in, so I was laying for him."

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