The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What story does Jim tell to explain what happened?
After Tom plays a trick on Jim and removes Jim's hat.
After Tom plays a trick on Jim and removes Jim's hat.
Jim believes he has been bewitched, and keeps the nickel as a token around his neck for the rest of his life. According to Huck, Jim tells all the other slaves that he had been ridden around the world by some witches, and that the nickel was given to him by the devil.
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