Huck and Jim Trick

In Huckleberry Fin Huck plays a trick on his friend Jim. Huck and Jim have a rattle snake skin and Jim believes it is bad luck. Huck doesn't listen to Jim about it being bad luck so Huck decides to play a trick on Jim with the rattle snake. Huck is a trickster and loves to play tricks when he has the opportunity. Therefor Huck decides to kill a rattle snake and put it at the end of Jim's sleeping bag. Huck decides to trick him now instead of before because he wasn't sure if Jim would take it offensive and get into trouble and Huck did not want to get into trouble. This is why Huck didn't do it at first, but eventually did.