journal #4- Chapters 10-12 from the perspective of Jem

When I woke up I thought what does Atticus do and their was really nothing then his job and he reads when he gets home so I emerge from bed and scout was already awake and she was thinking the same so we went to miss Maudies house to talk about the stuff Atticus does and she says he was a great checkers player but scout said we all ways beat him. Then she says he lets you win. then me and scout goes back to are house to get the air rifles to go explore behind the radley house and 600 hundred yards out I see something so I crouch down and look. Then scout asks what is it and I say it looks like Tim Johnson the dog and he looks hurt. Then when me and scout got back to are house we told Cal about Tim Johnson the dog and she keep saying she can't fix a dogs foot but I said no he looks sick so we went and found him again she said hurry get back to the house and it was mad dog or something I didn't understand that fast so Cal started calling the sheriff and all the nebors but the radleys didn't have a phone so Cal went and yelled but I don't think anyone heard. Then she came back and stayed with us. sometime later Atticus and the sheriff got to the house but the sheriff didn't know how to shoot so he gave his rifle to Atticus but they got in a argument but the sheriff shoved Atticus with the gun into the street and then he was aiming and walking up to the dog then when the dog looked up it leap then a gunshot rattled in my ears. Then everyone started to walk out of their houses and I went out and the dog died fast is what everyone was saying. Then we were told to not go near where the dog is and then the trash man came to get it and then he poured something on the ground and we were told again not to even go near where the dog was for awhile. Then when me and scout finally noticed are dad was a really good shot then scout was like she had to tell everyone but I said no he didn't tell us he doesn't want people to know. Then the day was over and it was time to go to town because I had a lot of money. Me and scout both wanted something from town so we started too town when we had to pass by Ms.Doubose house and she was on her porch. So I said don't be afraid scout but Ms.Doubose did the same thing she always does when we walk by she called as trash like always but this time she was saying how Atticus was a negro lover and I was think about that until we got to the store then I bought my train and scouts twirl. Then we were walking back to are house when we bought what we needed. We passed Ms.Doubose house but this time she wasn’t on the porch so I took scouts almost destroyed twirler and I was cutting down Ms.Doubose plants when I was done I broke scouts twirler and went back told scout to shut up and she didn’t so I pushed her over and she still didn’t so I grabbed her by the hair then started home. Scout looked like I was in peril with everything I had done. When we got home scout was trying everything she could to make me feel better but it was contradict everything I did. When Atticus got home I wished he was inaudible so I didn’t have to listen to him but I was angry so he was inconspicuous. But what I did hear was I had to read to her for one month I thought I was going to die from this. But I went anyway I read to her and she looked out of it at the end. Then she was like that everyday until I noticed it was longer everyday then the month was over and she said one more week and Atticus said ok one more week I was about to hurt him I was so angry. I read to her for the last week then their was a phone call when I was all done and atticus went over and he came back to say Ms. Doubose was died and he said before she died she had this candy box made for me so I opened it and it was a chamomile flower I went berserk thought the box in the fire and went to sleep.