By: Brendan Rodisch
Journal #4
Chapters 10-12
Perspective: Scout

A few days ago me and Jem wanted to see if our daddy had any talents of much perplexity. We talked to Miss Maudie and she told us that he could play the harp and was really good at checkers. We were surprised but continued playing around in the yard. Then ol' Tim Johnson started walking towards us and Calpurnia freaks out. She calls everyone in town and tells them a rabid dog is lose. The sheriff comes in his car with our daddy, and he tells our daddy to shoot the dog. I did not think my dad had many talents, but he just crouches and hit the dog dead on. I try to talk to him about it but Jem stops me and says not to tell anyone that daddy can shoot a gun. Says if he wanted us to know he would have told us he entrusted us not to tell anyone at school.

One day Jem and I go to the store to go get him a toy train and me a baton, when Mrs. Dobuse starts harassing us. Says our father is some word I don't know. She says it the same way that made me punch Francis.We are acquinted with her and we hurry past her house. Then on our way back Jem takes my Baton and cuts all of the flowers in Mrs. Dobuse's yard. When daddy gets home Jem has to go talk to her. She said that he had to read to her everyday for a month.Her house was very isolated. So Jem and I do that and try to forget that month. Soon after she dies. Daddy said she was a morphine addict and that is why she died.

Today our daddy was out of town, we were debating on what to do but Cal decided to take us to church. We went to her Negro church and it was weird. They had no hymn books and sang all-together. It was really weird. The church was collecting money for Tom Robinson's wife. When the collection came around, there wasn't enough money, so he didn't let anyone leave until after he had raised ten dollars. Then when we got back home and we found out aunt Alexandra was there and that she was staying with us.