The Adventures of Mark Twain

Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer secretly sneak onto Mark Twain's airship. Becky Thatcher follows to call their bluff, and the balloon lifts off with the stowaways aboard. Twain already knows their names and greets them as the voyage begins.

Shortly after takeoff, Twain reveals he knows the boys are aboard. He then recounts The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County as a nod to his rising fame. The moment sets a playful, dreamlike tone for the journey.

The boys learn Twain wants to pilot the airship to meet Halley's Comet, a plan that terrifies them. They fear this cosmic date may seal their deaths and test their loyalty to Twain. The quest becomes both boast and caution.

The crew discovers the Index-o-Vator, a strange elevator that can reach any part of the vessel or even Twain's writing. The device promises shortcuts to scenes and ideas within the voyage. Curiosity drives the kids to explore.

Using the Index-o-Vator, the children meet Twain and Becky, who is intrigued by a coin-operated Adam and Eve automaton. Twain begins telling the story of Adam and Eve, drawing on Eve's Diary and Extracts from Adam's Diary. The mood blends fiction and legend aboard a wandering ship.

A real storm surrounds the vessel, and the Garden of Eden sequence in Twain's tale fills with ominous clouds. The crew struggles to steer, and the airship crashes into a mountain, losing a chunk of the hull. The danger tests the kids' resolve.

Disheartened, the children retreat to the Index-o-Vator; a door opens to a scene from Tom Sawyer where Huck and Becky long to return home. Tom worries about Aunt Betty's chores and starts fiddling with the floor before anyone can protest.

Mark Twain emerges from an open void, dressed in a black suit, and reconfigures the floor again. He encourages the children to step into a new scene from The Chronicles of Young Satan, keeping the dreamlike voyage moving. The power of imagination deepens.

Tom outlines a plan to sabotage Twain's suicidal journey and seize control of the airship. The kids hide as Twain teaches them to fly, but he greets them again on the deck and probes their thoughts about life after death. He narrates Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven.

Twain reflects on Adam and Eve designs that resemble him and his wife Olivia. He laments her death and yearns to see her again when the comet arrives, hinting at a more human, fragile side of the humorist. The children sense the weight of his fate.

Tom's contraption triggers, destroying the main power and trapping the kids below decks. The ship's crisis brings fear, but their teamwork tightens as they realize their survival depends on Twain's guidance. The moment marks a turning point toward vulnerability and resolve.

Huck's pet frog leaps to the backup power button, reviving the system and allowing the youngsters to pilot the airship with Twain's help. The crew regains control just in time to push toward the comet. The moment blends luck with ingenuity.

The ship reaches the comet and confronts Twain's double, his darker side. The two halves merge and dissolve into dust, leaving Twain's face visible in the comet's clouds. The revelation prompts a whispered farewell to Eden and a cleaner sense of fate.

With the double gone, Twain guides the ship out of the comet and toward home. The kids decide to publish their journey as a book titled The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huck Finn, closing this dream voyage on a note of literary ambition.