TKAM #2 Scout

Today was an interesting day! As I walked home from school, I found a delicious piece of chewing gum hidden inside my neighbor’s tree, it was so exciting! The gum looked so delectable that I took it home with me. After looking at the chewable treat for a while, I decided to eat it. Everything was going great until Jem got home and saw my gum, he almost immediately asked me where I had gotten it from, and I told him that it was from the hole in the Radleys tree. Jem seemed outraged that I had gotten the gum from someone else’s place, and at first I thought he was just jealous, but Jem is a good person and just wants to do the right thing. I was so afraid of making Jem mad that I spit out my delicious gum when he told me to! Even though I suppose that once I had taken it, the damage had been done.

I’ve been excited about Dill coming back into town for quite a while, but his coming into town was almost a let down, he has been so close with Jem recently that I feel kind of left out. I have been spending time with Maudi Atkinson next door, and her chameleon nature never ceases to amaze me, she is capable (and good at!) so many different things; from gardening to baking, Maudi Atkinson never ceases to amaze!

Due to the constant torment rained down upon me by Jem and Dill, I was peer pressured into trying to get another look at Boo Radley, I really didn’t want to go, but I needed to validate myself to the boys, so I really didn’t have much a choice. As we crept closer and closer to the house, a man in a hat began to come into view, it was then that we heard the sound of a gunshot crack through the air, its tremendous volume ending what we had thought was a great adventure. Our play became serious as quickly as the mysterious man had pulled the trigger on the shotgun. Jem lost his pants because they had gotten caught on the fence, and he had quickly shed them to run… pants are a small price to pay for ones life!

Dill had to leave today, and offered me a kiss as we were now engaged. I wonder what will come of him, I hope he does well!
After dark, Jem snuck out to collect his torn trousers from the Radleys fence, when he arrived he looked shocked. I realized the next morning what is disconcerted look was caused by, his trousers had been crudely patched… this was not the work of a seamstress, but a man. By sneaking out, he had evaded needing to get a new pair of pants! I didn’t like that Atticus ruled our home with some degree of tyranny, and I was disappointed in the past when he cut short our fun time, we had so much fun pretending to be the Radleys! We did collect some great things from that tree though! Jem and I were pretty much unanimous about our prizes from the tree; we got gum, a spelling bee award, and an awesome pocket watch! Summer has been great, and I am looking forward to the next time I get the opportunity to write in my journal again!