What is humorous about the disgression Huck gives on "looking at the new moon over your left shoulder"?

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Chapter 10

Asked by michelle n #275711 on 1/7/2013 3:24 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 1/7/2013 9:11 AM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/7/2013 9:11 AM

Hank Bunker was squashed so thin he was buried “edgeways between two barn doors.” Pap had told Huck the whole story.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn