Dan Latham
Chapter 4 - I
think at times my sister, Scout can be disgusting. I came home from a long day at school. I found Scout on the porch chewing a wad of
gum. I knew it was gum because she had
it in her mouth for a long time and plus I could see it in her mouth. So just like any normal brother would do, I
told her not to eat things you find and she said that she didn't find it on the
ground but rather in a tree. I put an
expression on my face that clearly communicated to her that I didn't think she
was funny. I also growled at her. She told my like an innocent girl that it was
sticking in a tree on the way home from school.
I really didn't care about where she got it from I just wanted that
disgusting piece of trash out of her mouth immediately before she caught some
germs. I told Scout to spit it out
immediately. She was actually pretty
obedient and spit the gum out.
She told
me that she had been chewing it all afternoon and that if she wasn't dead and
didn't feel sick. She was obviously mad
at me for ruining her chewing enjoyment but I didn't want her getting sick
because knowing Atticus, I'd be the one who would have to take care of her and
that wouldn't go over to well with me since I know I could have stopped her from
getting sick. I think I yelled at her
and said that isn't she supposed to know that she isn't allowed even near those
trees. We all know about that weird guy
Boo Radley and we know that property is off limits. I told her that she would probably get killed
if she were caught. She said in defense
that I touched the house once. This was
a clear reference to Boo Radley's house but I ignored her comment and told her
that it was different. I also ordered
her to go and use some mouth wash to get rid of the germs that she collected
from that stick of gum she just spit out.
She wasn't pleased that I just ordered her to wash her mouth out and
told me in defense that washing her mouth out will dissolve the taste in her
mouth but I still didn't care. I wanted
her to wash her mouth out so I told her that I would tell Calpurnia about how
she found some gum in a tree near Boo Radley's house. I guess she didn't really want to risk a
tangle with Calpurnia so she did as I told her.
Chapter 7 - Scout
asked me about what went on last night and I decided to tell her. I told her that after we heard the gun shot
and ran I got my pants caught on the fence.
I tried to get them unhooked but I was too freaked out but that gun shot
and I feared for my life so I left the pants behind. The next morning my father, Attaicus told me
to go get the pants and so I did but this is the part that was really
spooky. I told Scout that the pants
weren't like the way that I left them.
They were folded neatly across the fence and the hole that I made from
my struggle with the fence was mended.
But it wasn't mended like a woman would mend it. I mean it wasn't neat and all perfect but it
actually looked like that kind of sewing job that I would do. It seemed like someone was reading my mind
but if no one over there knows me then how could they know was I was
thinking. I think that by the expression
on her face, I could tell that Scout was equally as mystified by the events
that have taken place over the past two days.
First was find some strange objects near Boo Radley's tree and then I
find that my pants which were ripped by a fence while I was running from a gun
shot from some strange shadow have been sewed to my satisfaction. We weren't sure what to do next but I was
beginning to think that those items that were left in the tree were some how
meant for us. I don't know how or who is
doing it but I think the answers all lie within the Radley house hold.
Chapter 5 - I was
scared and I think my father made it worse.
After Scout, Dill and I went to the Radley house to give Boo Radley the
letter we made, we heard a gun shot. All
of us ran as fast as we could but I stupidly got my pants caught on the
fence. I had to think quick and so and
split second decision making, I decided to ditch my pants. I ran as fast as I could and we reached our
house. I rang the door bell many times
and that got Atticus pretty upset. He
wanted to know what was going on. He
asked me what I was doing and I replied to him that I was innocently doing
nothing and ended it with a "sir."
He didn't buy it and said he didn't want any lying going on and he said,
"tell me." That was my cue to
spill the beans to my father. I didn't
want to lie but I didn't want to tell him everything. I said that we were trying to give him
something. I was hoping my father wouldn't pry any deeper into the topic of
conversation. But he did. He asked me what it was we were trying to
give Boo Radley. And I told him it was
just a letter. He asked me to let him
see it. I gave him the filthy piece of
paper and Atticus tried to read it. He
asked why we wanted Boo to come out and this was a question that I could answer
that wouldn't make us look guilty. I
told him that we were hoping he might like us and that we were just trying to
make friends with him. As usual, he
didn't buy it. My father grew very stern
and it drained all the blood from my face.
He said, "Son, I'm going to tell you something and tell you one
time: stop tormenting that man." He
turned to Scout and Dill. "That
goes for the other two of you."
Chapter 6 - I
think those final days before Dill left were the best. We asked Atticus if we could go over to Miss
Rachel's pond and he said we could. Me,
Dill and Scout leaped over the low wall that separated her driveway from
ours. I whistled and Dill
responded. I looked around and noticed
that the wind was hardly blowing. I
informed my friends of the same thing telling them that the wind wasn't blowing
hard. Then I noticed a gigantic moon was
rising behind Miss Rachel's pecan trees.
I told my sister and friend that the moon looked gigantic. But to them it only made things look hotter
than they really were. I noticed that
Dill was making a cigarette out of the things he had and then he challenged
me. He asked if I'd cross the part that
I was pointing to. I noticed that Dill
was almost done with his cigarette and I wanted to change the subject so I told
him not to smoke his cigarette because he'd stink up this side of town. I told Dill that we would definitely miss him
and I knew that went double for Scout.
Dill stretched out and asked if we all would like to go for a walk. We replied that it sounded great and we told
him that we would. But I asked Dill
where should we go. He pointed in a
southerly direction. I said,
"okay," but Scout protested and Dill replied, "you don't have to
come, Angel May." I thought it was
kind of cute but Dill wanted to leave now because our time with him was
numbered and we wanted to spend as much time as possible with him but we didn't
want to get in trouble like we seem to be pretty good at which is why Scout is
probably going to protest to our little "walk."
Chapter 2 - I
remember the days when Dill wasn't around and Attaicus sent me and Scout to
school. We were learning about cows and
Scout didn't like the idea too much.
That didn't matter because we had to learn and plus cows are a big part
of Maycomb County. She told me that she
really didn't want to know about cows and I told her that I had to learn about
the Dewy Decimal System. Our teacher was
Miss Caroline and we had students of all ages in our school. I remember when Miss Caroline asked about the
little Cunnigham boy. She didn't know at
the time that the Cunningham's are too proud to take money from anyone and
Scout told her that it would be useless to try and give him something when he
couldn't return it. She just thought
that idea was silly but the Cunningham boy didn't take any money for lunch. I don't think in that particular year that
Miss Caroline liked Scout too much. She
found out that Scout could read and that Atticus taught us both that and she
also found out that Scout was very smart.
One time that year, Scout asked me if I could write something for her
and I told her that we don't write like in the first grade, we print. She didn't like my sarcasm too much but I
helped her out anyway like any big brother would do. Scout had a grudge with Calpurnia, our new
black maid. I told Scout that we go home
for lunch and she liked that idea because that meant that Calpurnia had to make
her whatever she wanted. I also told her
that the kids who bring lunch keep it on their desks. This is the point of the Walter Cunningham incident. Miss Caroline also calls Scout, Jean Louise,
which is her real name but no one calls her that. Not even Atticus. Scout, that same day, asked me what
entailment was. I told her its when you
get your tail caught in a crack. She got the humor that I was trying to get
across to her but as usual, I was joking around and she was completely
serious.
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