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    Jem says nothing for a week and Scout tries to take Atticus’s advice and put herself in Jem’s skin. She
    reasons that she would be dead if she had gone to the Radley Place, so she gives Jem space. School
    starts and second grade is awful, but Scout and Jem usually walk home together. One afternoon, Jem
    says there is something he did not tell Scout about his foray to the Radley Place: when he got to the
    fence, someone had folded his pants and mended them where they were ripped. Pleadingly, Jem asks
    Scout to confirm that nobody can read his mind and Scout plays along. They reach the oak tree and find
    a ball of gray twine. Scout insists it is someone’s hiding place, but when the twine is still there three days
    later, Jem takes it.

    Jem assures Scout that school gets better, especially in sixth grade. In October, they find white soap
    carvings in their knothole. Scout pulls them out, sees that they are a boy and a girl, and throws them,
    afraid that they are hoodoo figures. Jem picks them up and they realise that the carvings are of them.
    They try to figure out who carved them, but Jem will not explain what he is thinking. Later, they find a
    packet of chewing gum and a tarnished spelling contest medal. Then, they find a pocket watch that
    Atticus declares would be worth $10 new. Jem assures Atticus that he did not swap for it at school—
    Atticus lets him carry his grandfather’s watch once per week—but Jem says he would rather fix and carry
    this broken one.

    Jem is not able to fix the watch but asks Scout if they should write a letter to whomever’s leaving them
    things. They argue about whether Miss Maudie left them the treasures but address their letter to a “sir”
    and sign it. The next morning, Jem runs ahead to put the letter in the knothole, but they discover that
    someone filled it with cement. Later, Jem catches Nathan Radley and asks about the hole. He explains
    that the tree is dying, so he filled the hole. That evening, Jem asks Atticus if the tree looks sick and relays
    what Nathan Radley said. Atticus says the tree looks fine, but that Nathan Radley is the expert on his
    trees. Jem stands outside for a long time and when he comes in, Scout can see that he has been crying.

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