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in the passage above, Huck talks about "borrowing" items from other people. what is Huck actually doing

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He is stealing things he wants.

Huck clarified in Chapter 12 that his father had a philosophy of “borrowing” which was taking an object from its owner with the intention to return it in the future. However, the widow told Huck that borrowing is a subtle version of stealing.

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