Tom Sawyer enjoys the simple things in life, fishing, playing hooky and daydreaming about being a famous adventurer. His best friend is Huck Finn, the town loafer; together they hope to find the treasure of the infamous pirate Red Beard, hidden somewhere along the Mississippi. Meantime, Tom has fallen for the new girl in school Becky Thatcher, much to the dismay of her father and Amy Lawrence. Later, under the light of the full moon, Tom and Huck head into the graveyard seeking treasure. Instead they witness the fearsome Injurin’ Joe murder Deputy Bean and frame the none too bright Mutt Potter; they are the only witnesses and thus the only ones who can save Mutt from the gallows, but the two are fearful of what Joe could do to them if he found out what they saw.