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and went right on cuttin' the paper.

They wanted to send him to an asylum,

but his daddy said...

"No Radley's goin' to any asylum."

So they locked him up

in the basement ofthe courthouse...

till he nearly died ofthe damp,

and his daddy brought him back home.

There he is to this day,

sittin' over there with his scissors.

Lord knows what

he's doin' or thinkin'.

Six, seven, eight...

nine, ten!

Come on, Scout! lt's 5:00!

- Where you goin'?

- Time to meet Atticus.

- Why do you call your daddy Atticus?

- 'Cause Jem does.

- Why does he?

- I don't know.

Hejust started to

ever since he began talking.

Wait. Stop.

Miss Dubose is on her porch.

Listen, no matter what she says to you,

don't answer her back.

There's a Confederate pistol

in her lap under her shawl...

and she'll kill you

quick as look at you.

Come on.

- Hey, Miss Dubose.

- Don't say "Hey" to me, you ugly girl!

You say,

"Good afternoon, Miss Dubose."

You come over here

when I'm talkin' to you!

You come over here, I said!

- You listen to me when I'm talkin'!

- Atticus, this is Dill.

- How do you do, Dill?

- Don't your daddy teach you respect?

You come back here,

Jean Louise Finch!

Good afternoon, Miss Dubose.

My, you look like a picture

this afternoon.

He don't say a picture ofwhat.

My goodness gracious,

look at your flowers.

Have you ever seen

anything more beautiful?

Miss Dubose, the gardens at Bellingrath

have nothing to compare...

with your flowers.

Well, I don't think

they're as nice as last year.

He gets her interested in something nice

so she forgets bein' mean.

I think that youryard is gonna be

the showplace ofthis town.

Well, grand seein' you,

Miss Dubose.

"l had two cats

which I brought ashore...

on my first raft.

And I had a dog."

Do you think Boo Radley

ever really comes...

and looks in my window at night?

Jem says he does. This afternoon

when we were over by their house--

Scout, I told you and Jem

to leave those poor people alone.

I want you to stay away from their house

and stop tormentin' them.

- Yes, sir.

- That's all the readin' for tonight.

- It's gettin' late.

- What time is it?

- 8:
30.

- May I see your watch?

"To Atticus,

my beloved husband."

Jem says this watch

is gonna belong to him someday.

- That's right.

- Why?

Well, it's customary for the boy

to have his father's watch.

What are you gonna give me?

Well...

I don't know that I have much else

ofvalue that belongs to me.

But there's a pearl necklace.

There's a ring

that belonged to your mother.

And I put them away...

and they're to be yours.

- Good night, Scout.

- Good night.

- Good night,Jem.

- Good night.

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