Chapters 6 and 7

Today is the last day in Maycomb for Dill. Jem told me about his plan to go peek into the Radley house through a shutter. I decided to go with them. We saw a shadow of a man, and shortly after that, someone discharged a shotgun. We ran as fast as we could and slipped under the fence, but Jem got his pants stuck and had to take them off. When we returned home, all of the adults were gathered together. They were talking abour Mr. Nathan Radley who apparently shot a negro in his yard! How frightening!

School has now begun for the year, and Jem has told me that he has retrieved his pants. They had been folded and neatly hung over the fence. How strange... We also found a mysterious ball of grey twine in the tree with the knothole. We took it for ourselves. I quite dislike second grade. It's almost as bad as first grade! Jem says it will get better as the years go along. As the year goes along, we find many trinkets in the tree with the knothole. We found two figures carved out of soap the resemble Jem and I, chewing gum, a spelling bee medal, and an old pocket watch. The day after we found the watch, the knothole was filled with cement. Mr. Radley says it is because the tree is dying.