Recount Text : On the River

I paddled for about miles and then I was tired. I stopped on Jackson’s island, hid canoe behind some trees and went to sleep.
I woke up when I heard a boom. It came from somewhere up the river. Then another boom come louder.
I saw the white smoke. They were shooting a big gun from a steamboat into the water because they wanted to find my dead boy. They wanted it to come up to the top of water.
I hid in the tall grass when the steamboat came near the island. I could see Tom Sawyer, Tom’s Aunt Polly, the Widow Douglas, Judge Thatcher, even Pap was there. Everybody was talking about me. They all thought I was dead. They shot the big gun again. BOOM ! that one was really loud. It made my ears ring, but I did not move from the tall grass. After a while, the boat went away.
On the fourth day, when I was looking around, I stepped on a fire. It was still smoking. I did not wait to see who made it. I just run. I ran all the way to back my canoe. I thought I heard somebody back to the fire. When I got there, I saw a man sleeping near it. He had a coat over his head. Then, suddenly he started to move and he took the coat off his face. It was Jim!
“Jim”!, I said quietly while tapping his shoulder.
Jim turned around and said surprisingly “It is you, Huckleberry Finn!”
It was very glad to see Jim. Jim and I sat and talked. It was good to talk to somebody. I did not feel so lonely.

(Taken From : Bahasa Inggris SMA dan MA, 2008 )