TKAM Journal #2 (4-7): Perspective of Dill

I had arrived in Maycomb,around early June and I was already eight years old, this trip to my Aunt Rachel's house was special because of two things. I would be able to see Jem and Scout again. I also got to go on the train to Maycomb by myself, from Meridian, Mississippi. I saw many things on the way to Maycomb, so i had a lot of stories to tell. I was thinking how the first day would be for me in Maycomb as I teetered off the train. I went to dinner with my Aunt Rachel the first night in Maycomb. This summer was the first time Jem and Scout got to see my Father and he is President of the L & N Railroad and that is sort of the reason why I got to ride the train by myself. So after they saw my father we went to go play games but Scout was bored of playing the usual games. I brought my sense of smelling the dead and I was sharing it with Jem and Scout but they I was tormenting them since I smelled that Scout was going to die in three days. Scout thought i believed in hot steams cause of my sense. I didn't know what they were. Jem was teaching me about but Scout contradicted him by saying that Calpurnia saying that they were just old malignant tales to scare folks.

Scout decided to play with an old tire, Jem said that he was too big to play with the tire and said those little games were only for small people. I just think that Jem was trying to assure himself that he was the unanimous leader of our group. Scout said he should be the pusher and she should be first. I thought that was a mistake because jem was still a little mad about Scout contridicting him about Hot Steams. Jem with all his anger and strength pushed the tire as hard as he could and that sent Scount flying donw th sidewalk and then she rolled into the Radley place. Jem and I were scared that maybe Boo might come out and eat her. Scout was in a daze berfore she could find out where she was and when she did she panicked because Jem and I were yelling at her to get the tire and run. Hastily Scout just bolted out of the place leaving the tire behind so jem went for since Scout made him do it. We were all frightened but we forgot it all when we heard the voice of Calpurnia yelling " Lemonade!". we all ran and when we finished the pitcher we were thinking about what to do. Then Jem came up with the Game Boo Radley. It was a story of acting out all the legends about the Radleys into one play. I was the Mr. Radley and jem was Boo and the first scene we acted was when Mr. Radley got stabbed by Boo with Scissors and Scout was Mrs. Radley. Everyday of the summer we got better and better at it until one day we almost got caught by Jem's father Atticus. We didn't realized what time it was and Atticus was already home and he found us playing and asked what we were doing, the look of evasion on Jem's face is what kept my mouth shut. Jem lied to Atticus about how were weren't play a game about the Radleys so Atticus Just left.

The more we played the more we wanted to find out the truth behind the Radley's so one day Jem suggested we send a note to Boo early in the moring and Scout caught us talking about it so she wanted in. I would keep gaurd in the front gate Scout on the back and Jem sends the note through a fishing pole. Almost all went well until Atticus caught us and i was to shocked to ring the bell. We all got introuble for not leaving the Radley house alone. So for a while we were not attepmting to make contact with the Radleys. The last days I had in Maycomb I wanted to get some truth so I asked jem to go for a walk and leave scout behind. This time I would go around, under the fence and through the box in the house. Jem would wait by the fence. To my suprise scout was their and she anted in again and i couldn't back down. We were in the property creeping towards the house until we heard a shogun shot. We dove for the ground and bolted out of the house as fast as we could. Jem met with Atticus trying to cover for us by saying what happened and then when we running from the house Nathan Radley was yelling to us " Next time you tresspass you won't get a warning shot!". That was enough to end my curiosity about the Radley for that moment. A little while after that inccedent I left back to Mississippi with stories to tell.