After Miss Maudie's house burned down, Jem told me that maybe some people might have conspired to burn her house. I asked him why and he said,
"Scout, Miss Maudie doesn't really gossips or even barely talks with the grown-ups."
"But not gossiping is a good thing. Isn't it?" I asked Jem again.
"I don't know that neither, it's the grown-ups thing to judge people" He answered.
I started to believe Jem's words. Miss Maudie was always meticulous with her place (especially the earth, according to what she said). A fire can't start from nowhere. This should be a calamity to her...
"Jem!I have a new idea of what we can do in our play! I'll be Miss Maudie and you be the person who started the fire." I exclaimed.
"No, you two won't never do that!" Atticus bowled.
"No, but.." I said, with my voice in a very small tone, noone can hear it. We always have a dissesion
about the play with Atticus. Atticus warned us again and went to his room. Jem's eyes followed Atticus and checked if Atticus closed his door.
"We're still gonna do the play okay Scout?" said Jem quietly.
Although we know that the day when Atticus realizes it is imminent we were already discussing about how our play will end. both of us wanted a happy ending so the criminal will get apprehended and he will also pay Miss MAudie the money back to recover her house and her garden again. We also decided that he has to work 200hours of service, picking up trashes as Miss Maudie will wish to do.
And we found a perfect twig to use it as a shackle to arrest Jem at the end of the play.
"But who's Dill gonna be?" I questioned.
"Maybe he could be the other man, I guess" he said. "Or he could be Boo Radley watching the people burning the house."
"But that will be really boring to Dill" I said
"Who cares. He will find his own play" Jem said.
I should've realize that this play was getting to realistic. And also Miss Maudie looking at us.
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