Part 14 (1/2)
”And don't we land when and where we please?”
”Yes”
”Hoethe buttons”
”NOW I reckon the thing is clear to you at last In the other case theWe touch a button, the prince turned a peg There ain't an atoh your head if I stuck to it long enough”
He felt so happy he begun to whistle But me and Jim was silent, so he broke off surprised, and says:
”Looky here, Huck Finn, don't you see it YET?”
I says:
”Tom Sawyer, I want to ask you some questions”
”Go ahead,” he says, and I see Jim chirk up to listen
”As I understand it, the whole thing is in the buttons and the peg--the rest ain't of no consequence A button is one shape, a peg is another shape, but that ain't anyas they've both got the saht, then What is the power that's in a candle and in a match?”
”It's the fire”
”It's the same in both, then?”
”Yes, just the saht Suppose I set fire to a carpenter shop with a match, ill happen to that carpenter shop?”
”She'll burn up”
”And suppose I set fire to this pyramid with a candle--will she burn up?”
”Of course she won't”
”All right Now the fire's the same, both times WHY does the shop burn, and the pyramid don't?”
”Because the pyramid CAN'T burn”
”Aha! and A HORSE CAN'T FLY!”
”My lan', ef Huck ain't got hih en dry dis time, I tell you! Hit's de smartes' trap I ever see a body walk inter--en ef I--”