Vocabulary: Five uses of 'come' - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn part 1

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Hello, I'm Darren. Today I've got a story about a boy who loves adventure. His life
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is sometimes fun, sometimes sad, but always exciting - and the boy's name is Huckleberry Finn.
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So Huckleberry - let's call him Huck - has come into a bit of money. His sisters, and
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a lady called Miss Watson, are all trying to get him to improve his behaviour and his
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manners, and stop coming across as a street urchin! But all he wants to do is play pirates
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and robbers with his friends.
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Huck decides to give away his money, but then his violent dad comes to see him, demanding
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the cash - of course, he's too late. This makes him furious and takes Huck off to live
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in filthy poverty down by the riverside. He's not happy about this and wants to escape his
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miserable existence. He comes up with a plan to fake his own death, and then goes to hide
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on a nearby island. It's here he meets Jim, Miss Watson's slave boy, who's run away and
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is trying to avoid being sold and sent away from his family.
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Huck invites Jim to come with him on an adventure and they begin a journey along the Mississippi
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River. Along the way, they have fun, get into all sorts of trouble and escape being drowned.
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Huck's conscience is troubled by helping an escaped slave but they still become good mates.
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But the two boys don't remain together forever.
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Something is about to go wrong - but to find out what, you'll have to join me in part two.
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I'll see you then. Bye for now.
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