It seemed like since Atticus started gettin real busy with his cases, when we would go round town, therd' be alota commotions and wisperin goin on behind our backs. All I knew was that Atticus's defendant is a Negro. I also knew that Scout was gettin a lot of trouble about it at school so maybe the same ol thing was happinin in town.
I was eavesdropping on Scout and Atticus's conversation. Scout asked what "rape," was. I learned this word because Scout also asked Calpurnia but she told er to go n' ask Atticus. He told her what it was but I could tell she didn't understand a word o' it. Neither did I but I knew it had somethin to do with a girl.
Aunty Alexandra came to town. I don't like her. She comes in our house and just starts bossing us around and telling us that we aren’t like real gentlemen and ladies. Atticus has changed since Aunty got here. He made Scout cry for the first time in a while. Atticus is startin ta get nit picky with whatever we do.
It seems as though Aunt Alexandra was oblivious of any kind of lifestyle we had before. Aunty fits in real well with everyone else in town though. The townspeople welcomed her but I don know why. She yells at us for every little thing that we do.
Tonight I was telling Scout to stop antagonizing Aunt Alexandra. I knew she didn’t like getting bossed around but it was partly for her own good. I was just trying to look out for her. She started punching me in the stomach and the face so I smacked her. She got back up and before I knew it Atticus was pushing us apart. I turned off the lights.
"Night Scout," I said, trying to flip a new leaf.
" Good night Jem," she said back.
A minute later Scout called me into her room to look for a rattlesnake under her bed. I used a broom and was sweeping under the bed. I hit something. It definitely wasn't a little animal. It was a person. I was about to yell for Atticus when I heard Dill's soft voice come out from under the bed. Dill emerged. I wasn't sure about how he got here or why he was under Scout's bed.
I was excited to see him. He told us that he wasn't getting enough love from his parents so he ran away. He also said that his mom had remarried another man who wouldn't let him go over the summer.
He looked hungry so Scout went and got Dill some leftovers from the kitchen. Dill ate it all up in a heartbeat. Dill said he hadn’t eaten for a whole day
I had to do it. Atticus trusted me and I knew that Atticus would be okay and eh wouldn't freak out. I called for Atticus to come up stairs. Atticus was always so calm that even some of the most surprising and weird things wouldn't faze him. Atticus came upstairs to find Scout and Dill talking together and me, in the corner. Scout gave me a dirty look but I knew that I had to do it. At least it dispelled all of the guilty feelings that I had about Dill hiding in our house.
Atticus didn’t mind at all he just wanted Dill to tell Aunt Rachel that he was visiting. Atticus than just continued on amiably.
Dill slept in my bead that night. We talked a little and than he slipped out of bead and told me that he was going to go talk to Scout.
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