One
day after school I ran past the Radleys house as fast as I could. However something
caught my eye by their house. I went back to check what I saw and there it was!
It was a piece of tinfoil winking at me from a far. I walked to the tree to get
a closer look inside the knothole. I found a piece of gum! I took it and ran
home with it and ate it. The next day my brother and I passed by it again and there
were two ancient pennies just laying there for us to take them. We do not know
what to do with them.
When
Dill came to visit us again over the summer we tried so many new things. We
told him so many stories, but the first day was not the best. We were rolling
in tires; this game has always been fun for us, but not today. My brother was
upset with me so he pushed me with all of his strength and I rolled uncontrollably
all the way to the Radleys front porch. I ran from it as fast as I could and
never looked back. I heard someone laughing from inside of the house but I did
not comment it to anyone. I was too scared to even grab the tire so we could
keep playing.
Today
was my first day of first grade and it did not go well for me. My teacher is Miss
Caroline; she is about 21 years old and brought a new way of teaching to the
school. She does not like me at all because my father Atticus Finch taught me
how read. Also, Calpurnia our cook taught me how to write and that angered my
teacher Miss Caroline. I decided I do not want to go back to school but I am
being forced to.
Today
went terribly wrong for me. I tried to explain why Walter Cunningham Jr. could
not take the money Miss Caroline offered to him. This got me into a humongous
amount of trouble with Miss Caroline. She whipped me with a ruler in front of
all of my classmates. I tried to make Walter eat the dirt on the floor because
he got me into trouble. However my brother Jem invited him over for lunch so I got
into more trouble at home.
I
met this new boy today, he’s name is Charles but we call him Dill. He is a
pretty nice boy and loves to dare people to do extreme things. He only comes
over the summer to Miss Rachel Haverford’s house. He is going to seven this
year and he is very proud of knowing how to read. However his name is way too
big for his height.
Dill,
Jem and I became really good friends as soon as we met. We played games
together all summer. He learned everything he needed to know about the Radley
family. One day his curiosity kicked in and he wanted to make boo Radley come
out of his house. Since my brother was too scared he dared him to run and touch
the house.
