While Jim is sleeping, Tom hangs Jim's hat on a tree branch so Jim will be confused as to how it got there. Jim is highly superstitious and develops a story of being visited by witches who rode him around the world. All the other slaves are envious of Jim's experience, much to Tom's amusement.
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