ill climbs on their shoulders to look in. Then they suddenly see a shadow of a man wearing a hat. All three run off in terror. When they get home they find Nathan Radley, Atticus, Miss Maudie, Miss Stephanie Crawford, Miss Rachel and Mr. Avery standing outside their house there. It turns out that Mr. Radley had shot a Negro. Atticus, notices that Jems ahd no pants (which he had lost while climbing through the fence). Jem says that they were playing strip poker and Dill won Jems pants. In the middle of the night, Jem returns to the fence to retrieve his pants. Scouts fear, as she waits Jem to return,she is scared of Atticus waking up and Jem not being there. But it is all good when Jem returns with his pants.Pages 57 74Jem reveals to Scout that the night he had returned to get his pants, the parts which had been torn had been sewn, but crookedly, and it had been neatly folded across the fence. Later, they find a ball of gray twine in the knothole of the oak tree, and after waiting for three days to see whether somebody else would take it, they finally take it. Further, they decide that whatever they will find in the knothole would be their property. As time passes, they continue to find things hidden in the knothole. They find two small images carved in soap, of a boy and a girl, that are models of themselves, a whole packet of chewing gum, a medal and the biggest prize of all, a pocket watch on a chain with an aluminum knife. After that, they write a letter of appreciation for all the gifts they have received but when they reach the tree, they find that the knothole has been cemented by Nathan Radleyhe said he had to do it beacuase the tree was dying. But Atticus says that the tree is quite healthy. Boo is portrayed as a pathetic personality, wanting friendship and attention. The thing he leaves in the knothole is probably a cry for attention that he needs. I could not help feeling sad for him.Winter arrives in Maycomb County. Mrs...
