TKAM post 3

Perspective of Atticus

I woke up this winter morning, and it is freezing. I go to the bathroom to shave, and I hear Scout scream. I run out of the bathroom half way shaved, and she says "The world is coming to an end, Atticus!" I thought she was a very Perplexed girl. I explained to her that it was snow, and that the world is not ending! I get a phone call, and it is Eula May, from the kids school she was entrusted to call the homes when something happens. she is calling to say that because it hasn't snowed in Maycomb, Alabama since 1885, there will be no school. The kids are so excited, so they put on some jackets, and go out and play in the snow. I said to Jem, that I know just as much about snow as he does, and that is not a lot, but the kids still decide that they will make a snowman, and get aquatinted with the snow. 

I see the kids playing outside, and they walk over to Miss Maudie's house. They come back a few minutes later with 2 baskets full of slushy, muddy snow. I decide to go outside and see what they are doing. I come out, and they kids are building a fat snowman. I ask them if that is supposed to be a replica of Mr. Avery, and they say no, but I decided that they should take off some of the stomach, and they put a hat and Miss Maudie's yard clippers on it, so it doesn't look like him.  Today, we found out that Mrs. Radley died.

That night, when the kids were asleep, it was a little after 1:00, and I heard a lot of noise outside, and I smelled smoke. I look outside, and Miss. Maudie's house is in flames. I wake up the kids, and make them put on coats, and robes, and warm shoes. They ask what is going on, and I take them outside, and tell them to stay right in front of the adjacent Radley place, and make sure that they stay there. I have to go help put out the fire. All the men in the neighborhood start taking out her furniture and putting on the street. Mr. Avery goes in to try to help out Miss Maudie, and when he is trying to get out of the window because the stairs were burning down, he got stuck. His big belly was stuck in the window frame, but he managed to wedge himself out onto the top balcony.

After the fire was out, it was almost the morning, so we went inside, and I asked the kids if they wanted some hot chocolate. Then I noticed a blanket on Scout's shoulder that wasn't there when we left them outside. I said "I told you two to stay exactly where I left you, and not to move 1 inch." They had no clue what I was talking about. I said "Scout, where did that blanket come from if you didn't move?" she looked at her shoulders, and saw a blanket on it. She screamed and said "I swear, Atticus, that blanket just appeared on me, we didn't move 1 inch, I promise." This was weird, I don't know if I believed her or not. I said I think that while they were standing there, one of the Radley's came up behind them, and put the blanket on her shoulder. 

When the kids went back to school, Scout came home and asked me if I was defending a Negro. I told her that Tom Robinson was a very nice man, and it doesn't matter his color, he is my client. My brother, Jack, and his wife and grandson, francis who is a year older then Scout comes to our house, and notices that Scout has been cursing a lot. After dinner, he pulls her aside, and tells her not to swear in his presence, and that it is not okay for young ladies to talk like that. For Christmas, I take jack and the kids to Finch's Landing. I cannot remember a Christmas with the kids where we did not go there. Finch's Landing is an old house in the Country. Scout says that Francis is the most boring person to play with, and she is debating with her Aunt Alexandra that she shouldn't wear a dress, even though her aunt wants her too. 

Before Jack and his family return to Maycomb, the kids were acting kind of wierd, like they were keeping a secret from me. I tell Jack that Tom Robinson is "innocent, but doomed."