TKAM #2

Max
Journal #2
- Chapters 4-7
- Perspective: Dill

Dear Diary
Today I was at the Finches and we decided to try to get a peak at Boo Radley. Jem and I were going to spy on him though the loose shutter. But right as we were going out to do it guess what happened, Scout decided she wanted to tag along. I didn't tell her where we were going all I said was lets go for a walk, but she came along anyway. I could tell from her face she knew something was fishy. Apparently no one just goes for a walk in Maycomb. I tried to talk Scout out of it. I said that if she was going to come she would have to keep her mouth shut. She came anyway. We decided it would be best to enter the Radley Place from the wire fence in the back. We all crawled under the fence and into the Radley's back yard, Scout was trying so hard to not make a noise she was moving a step a minuet. By the time she was a step and a half into the yard we were at the Radley Place. She then picked up the pace a little. We walked over the the sill and then they boosted me up to the window. I peered in but saw nothing except a little light in the distance. The house was a lot creepier on the inside, all cobwebs and shadows. I punched Scout in the shoulder and they lowered me. The idea of us checking another window soon arose, and Scout quickly apposed. In no time Jem was looking in the back window. I looked around all was calm until I realized that what I thought was the shadow of a tree was actually a man with a hat and a shotgun. I started to turn and run. In a few moment we were all bolting towards the way we came in. I looked back for a moment, as I did this two things happened simultaneously, Scout tripped and a shotgun blast sounded. Scout scrambled up and finished the last leg. As we were crawling under the wire another problem happened. As Jem was crawling under the fence his pants got caught and ripped. He had no choice but to abandon them. He sprinted up to where we were and then around the house. A crowd had already gathered because of the sound of the shotgun. Instantly Atticus noticed the fact that Jem was not wearing pants but only his shorts. Of course that was the first thing he said. It was heart stopping, I was thinking of a lie a mile a minuet. When finally I came up with one that seemed believable, I said that I had won them off of Jem playing strip poker. There was a moment of heart-stopping silence until Atticus finally nodded his head and told me that he would like me to give them back. I think that this was a problem in itself because the pants where still in the Radley's yard and Mr. Radley said that he was keeping shotgun handy for the person that came near his house. He thought they were some pale nigger, or a dog. Fortunately this was not my problem because it was Jem that had to get the pants not me. All in all I think that my summer could have done without this.

Thank you for listening Diary,
Sincerely
Dill