TKAM #4

Dear Diary,
Today in Maycomb, Jem and I were walking and talking when we had seen an old sick down looking like it was going to die. We were both scared and didn’t know what to do but run away when we had ran away the old dog had followed us and I had ran to a phone post to call someone to help us. Because we didn’t know what to do but run I had ask Jem did he know anyone that has a phone on them and didn’t know anyone at all. When I finally called someone up and said that we didn’t help the person on the phone was a sheriff named Mr. Heck Tate. Jem and I had to run back to Jem house where we can be protected and safe shortly after we came to Jem’s house Atticus and the sheriff came and pulled up the drive way. One of the neighbors Mr. Finch wanted Atticus to shot the old mean dog named Tom Johnson because he was old. All of a sudden Atticus took out an air raffle and took ten minutes to aim for the dog. Then he shot him it was a moment of silence and Miss. Maudie was talking to Jem and Scout saying do you think your dad is a bad dad. The kids had taken back what they said about their dad because now he was known as one-shoe finch. The kids never knew about Atticus past until he told the kids. The kids were awfully surprised about their dad.
The next day while Jem and Scout was walking by Scout had said “Hello” to Mrs. Dubose and she had responded and told Scout to say to her “Good afternoon” Scout had a weird reaction to her face. Atticus had told Jem not to be rude to the old lady Mrs. Dubose because she’s old and doesn’t need to put up with that. When Mrs. Dubose had talked about Jem’s dad behind his back Jem had got so mad and went off when Mrs. Dubose told Atticus that he was disappointed in Jem because he had told Jem not to act like a kid but act like a gentleman. His punishment was to read to Mrs. Dubose every once in a month. The next day, Jem and Scout had came over and Jem had to read to her when Jem had sat down Mrs. Dubose had told him to move up so he can her hear Jem and not be so inaudible. Jem had started reading and he was wondering why Mrs. Dubose was acting strange like something was wrong with her. Jem couldn’t really tell because it was so inconspicuous a little bit. The next month Jem and came back over to read again to her and he made sure that he pay attention why Mrs. Dubose was doing that. He had noticed that Mrs. Dubose was morphine addicted and she tried to get off the stuff. Her doctor had gave her some pills to take but she didn’t want to take that either because she was being so cantankerous. A few days had pasted by and Mr. Dubose had died a few days back but Jem had noticed that she was a great lady if people would actually get to know her.
Couple a days has pasted and I had took Jem and Scout to church with me. Since Atticus went out of town and when they had came to church my old friend of mines had came up toward me and they kids. Saying “Why are this white people doing in this colored church?” Jem had felt so contradicted because of what Lula said about the kids. When the church had actually started Reverend Sykes had noticed that this was Atticus kids and we felt good and he was thankful that they came to this church. The reverend had started preachering to the church and was asking the church that does everyone know who their dads were. After a few minutes later the reverend was having a donation of $10 because he needed it for one of a church member who can’t support her kids right now. Since Helen husband was in jail because he was accused that he raped a white woman. So Helen needs to support her family right now. When they had got the money the reverend was thankful and so was Helen as well. Sincerely, Calpurnia