Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it.

Tom said he slipped Jim’s hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little, but he didn’t wake. Afterward Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again, and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it.

– Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 2. Tom engages in some trickery towards Jim, who is a superstitious character and believes he has been bewitched by witches during his sleep.

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