In this chapter, Huck finds himself on an island in the middle of a storm. He has no way to get to the bottom of the storm because there's no water, no trees, no grass, and he can't even see the cave where he's supposed to be. He's worried that the current isn't strong enough to get him to the top of the island. He also worries that the cave smells rotten and that some thing is rotting in it. Huck wonders if he'll be able to catch up to his sister, who's drifting away from him. He asks his father if he knows how tall the island is, and his father says that he doesn't need to climb the island because it's only a few feet tall. Huck tells his father that the distance between him and the tree is about the same as the distance he