TKAM 28 and 29

Chapter 28

-Jem and Scout walk past the Radley house on the way to the school, where the pageant and country fair will be held. 

-Gotta love the ham suit!  (this part always makes me laught!)

-It's very dark, and they can barely see a few feet ahead of themselves. 

-Cecil Jacobs, a classmate of Scout's runs out to scare them, and definitely succeeds. 

-Cecil and Scout entertain themselves at the fair until the pageant begins, visiting different booths and taking part in the fair. 

-Scout gets ready for her part, but falls asleep.

-During the last song, she wakes up and realizes she has missed her cue. She rushes out to the stage, and makes a very amusing entrance that pleases the entire crowd.

-Humiliated, she stays backstage with Jem until everyone leaves. She decides to keep her costume on for the walk home, and Jem escorts her.

-The walk back is even darker than before, and near the school,

-Oops, she forgot her shoes.

-Then a noise, is someone there? Cecil? Who?

- Jem thinks maybe Scout should take off her costume, but she doesn't have any clothes underneath, and can't get her dress on in the dark. 

-Almost home....a dark shadow near the Radley's tree...they can hear  his pants scraping together as he walks.

-They stop, footsteps continue...RUN!!!

-Something is crushed against her and she hears metal ripping. Jem's hand tries to pull her, but she is tangled up in her costume. T

-here is a crunching sound and Jem screams. 

-The man whom they are struggling with grabs Scout and begins to strangle her, when suddenly he is jerked backwards and thrown to the ground. 

-Scout thinks Jem must have saved her, but she still can't see anything. 

-She hears the sound of someone breathing heavily and, walking toward the tree to lean on, reaches out with her toes to find a person on the ground with stubble and the smell of stale whiskey.

 -She makes her way in the direction of the road, and in the streetlight she sees a man carrying Jem, whose arm is hanging down at an odd angle.

-Scout arrives home, call Dr. Reynolds and Heck Tate/Scout arrives home. 

-Aunty helps Scout change, and hands her overalls,  Scout will never forget this.

-Jem is unconscious and has a broken arm. 

-Scout checks on him, noting an unknown man who carried him sitting quietly in the corner.

-The sheriff investigates outside and comes back to report that Mr. Ewell is lying outside dead with a kitchen knife in his ribs.  (Did Jem do this?)

Chapter 29

-Scout tells the story of what happened outside to Atticus, the sheriff, and everyone else assembled. --Mr. Tate notes the mark that Mr. Ewell's knife made in Scout's costume, and points out that Mr. Ewell meant to seriously harm or kill the children. 

-When Scout points out the man who carried Jem, she finally takes a good look at him. He is very, very pale, with thin cheeks and feathery hair, and seems somewhat tense and nervous. 

-She suddenly recognizes him and is moved to tears, says "Hey, Boo.”