Chapters 8 and 9

There is snow outside!! This is such a rare sight! School has even been cancelled today! Jem and I built a makeshift snowman too! It's mostly dirt and we put Miss Maudie's sun hat on it, but I still like it! I woke up last night from my slumber to Find that Miss Maudie's house was on fire! The adults in the area helped her get some of her furniture out, but her house sadly burnt to the ground. I felt a blanket cloak me under its wool. I turned and realized... it was Boo Radley. I quickly became nauseas. The next day, Miss Maudie was in a quite cheerful mood! it is nice to see that she already has plans for another house, and that she plans to make it with a big garden!

At school, I almost fought a boy named Cecil. He was saying bad things about Atticus. Atticus says he only defends the negro because it will keep his sense of self respect and justice. At Christmas, Uncle Jack came to visit. He doesn't like it when i curse in front of him. On Christmas Day, we all went to Finch's Landing. There, we had to deal with Aunt Alexandra, her husband, and Francis, who is Alexandra's grandson. Francis is quite a boring child. I also don't like the way Alexandra talks about how I dress. ONe night, Francis was being mean and called Dill a runt and said some choice words to my daddy. I cursed him and beat him up. I asked Jack not to tell Atticus and he agreed. Thank the lord Atiicus won't find out.