Journal #1 Perspective of Dill

I was turning seven when I visited my aunt Rachel in Maycomb, Alambama for the summer. Instead of staying the summer with my mom in Meridan, Mississippi I spend it with my Aunt Rachel. When I arrived in Maycomb Alabama with Auntie Rachel I went to her back yard to explore my surroundings. I love Aunt Rachel's yard, especially the collard patch. I was in the yard one day playing in Aunt Rachel's collard patch, when I felt like something was staring at me . When I turned around I found two kids starring at me through the wired fence. They stared at me for while. I think they thought I was eccentric. I paused to stare and I finally said, "Hey." The older one said hello back. I then introduced myself, and added that I could read. They introduced themselves to me too. Jem the older one asked how old I was. He guessed at my age " four in a half" he said.



"I'm turning seven," I replied. We all then started talking about ourselves. "Scout has been readin' ever since she was born," said Jem. Jem is the older boy who is ten. Scout is the girl who is only six. When I heard that scout could read to I was a little disappointed knowing that she was six and she could read too. Jem then asked me to come over. I struggled to get under the fence when Jem said, "It will be easier if you just climb over it." I then told Jem an Scout about how I won five dollars in a Beautiful Child Contest. " Don't have any pictures here,except Jesus ones in the courthouse sometimes," said Jem. "Ever see anything good?"
"I've seen Dracula before," I said. Jem looked at me with his eyes telling me "Tell it to us."


I began to talk about Dracula, and Jem was fascinated. After talking for a while we became real good friends. I hung out with Scout and Jem that summer, and they told loads of stuff. I was fascinated with the story about a man named Boo who never came out of his house. Jem told more and more stories about Boo Radley. The stories started to intimidate me a little. One of Jems stories talked about how a malevolent phantom haunted the house. People said that the phantom existed, but every time Jem, and I walked past the house we never saw it. Ever story Jem told me fascinated me more and more. I became very curious about what Boo Radley looked like so I tried to make a compromise with Jem and Scout about how we should try and get him out of his house. But Jem made another pronouncement about how he was six and a half feet tall and ate cats and squirrels. Jem went on and on about Boo Radley, I could tell he was afraid of Boo Radley. After talking to Jem for a couple of days he finally went up to Boo Radley's door touched it and ran back. I have made some really great friends when spending the summer with my Aunt Rachel. I have also had many adventures though the summer was ending, and I had to return back home to Meridan, Mississippi.