Atticus' Journal

Miss Maudie's house caught on fire today. No one has been telling me what caused it, but poor Miss Maudie was so shaken, can't exactly blame her. I had to take Scout and Jem out of the house with me, helped the town people to save the furniture of Miss Maudie while Scout and Jem watched further away. I walked over to Scout when the fire truck arrives, not fast enough I'd say, the house was burnt to look like nothing was left. Scout had a blanket draped over her, strange enough because I wasn't the one who gave it to her. Scout herself didn't even know who gave it to her, just said that before she knew it someone came over and dropped the blanket on her. Then Jem starts telling me about all these things they have done to make Boo Radley come out. At first I was horrified, I told them not to go near him and they shouldn't have, but then it doesn't seem like they were in much danger from what Jem tells me. Poor Scout starts to look like all the colour in her face has drained away after Jem rabbles on about their adventures with Boo Radley. Didn't want to believe it myself, the fact that it might've been Radley, but nothing is gonna convince Jem that it wasn't him. I told them to keep it to themselves, don't want the whole town noisy about all this Boo Radley trouble again, especially not with the kids.