Jem's Journal: Chapter Summary

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me since I know I could have stopped her from getting sick. I
think I yelled at her and said that isn't she supposed to know that she isn't
allowed even near those trees. We all know about that weird guy Boo Radley and
we know that property is off limits. I told her that she would probably get
killed if she were caught. She said in defense that I touched the house once.
This was a clear reference to Boo Radley's house but I ignored her comment and
told her that it was different. I also ordered her to go and use some mouth
wash to get rid of the germs that she collected from that stick of gum she just
spit out. She wasn't pleased that I just ordered her to wash her mouth out and
told me in defense that washing her mouth out will dissolve the taste in her
mouth but I still didn't care. I wanted her to wash her mouth out so I told her
that I would tell Calpurnia about how she found some gum in a tree near Boo
Radley's house. I guess she didn't really want to risk a tangle ...

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what to do next but I was beginning to think that those items that were
left in the tree were some how meant for us. I don't know how or who is doing
it but I think the answers all lie within the Radley house hold.

Chapter 5 - I was scared and I think my father made it worse. After Scout, Dill
and I went to the Radley house to give Boo Radley the letter we made, we heard a
gun shot. All of us ran as fast as we could but I stupidly got my pants caught
on the fence. I had to think quick and so and split second decision making, I
decided to ditch my pants. I ran as fast as I could and we reached our house.
I rang the door bell many times and that got Atticus pretty upset. He ...

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