This was hard for me because I was used to sleeping in the woods or wandering about the streets at night-time. Window Douglas's sister, Miss Watson, an old maid with glasses, came to live with her, and I didn't like her at all. She made me learn spelling for hours. I found this very dull and I just couldn't sit still . "Don't put your feet up, Huckleberry,"she would say. "Sit up straight, boy." "Don't yawn like that." "Do try and behave."
　　I bore this as long as I could and then I ran away to the woods, where I felt free. It was Tom Sawyer who persuaded me to go back to Widow Douglas's again. He found out where I was hiding and came to me and said, "Huck, I'm going to start a band of robbers.I'm letting Joe Harper join, and Ben Rogers as well. You can join too,Huck ,if you go back to Widow Douglas's.Think it over, Huck." I thought it over and, in the end, went back to the widow's house and even to school.
　　The signal for the first meeting of the band came late one night. I was sitting by my bedroom window, feeling lonely and miserable.