To Kill a Mockingbird Page #3

Yes?

- How old was I when Mama died?

- Two.

- How old were you?

- Six.

Old as I am now?

Was Mama pretty?

Was Mama nice?

- Did you love her?

- Yes.

- Did I love her?

- Yes.

Do you miss her?

- Evenin', Atticus.

- Good evening,Judge.

Rather warm, isn't it?

Yes, indeed.

- How's Mrs Taylor?

- She's fine. Fine, thankyou.

Atticus, you heard

about Tom Robinson.

Yes, sir.

Grand jury will get around

to chargin' him tomorrow.

I was thinking about appointing you

to take his case.

Now, I realize you're very busy

these days with your practice.

And your children

need a great deal ofyour time.

Yes, sir.

I'll take the case.

I'll send a boy over foryou tomorrow

when his hearing comes up.

- Well, l'll see you tomorrow, Atticus.

- Yes, sir.

- And thankyou.

- Yes, sir.

Hey,Jem...

I bet you a "Grey Ghost"

against two "Tom Swifts"...

you wouldn't go any farther

than Boo Radley's gate.

- Scared to, ain't you?

- I ain't scared.

I go past Boo Radley's house

nearly every day of my life.

- Always running.

- You hush up, Scout.

- Come on, Dill!

- Me first!

- You gotta let Dill be first.

- No, me!

Let her be first.

All right. Get in!

- Hurry up!

- All right.

- You ready?

- Uh-huh. Let her go.

Get away from there!

Scout, come on!

Don'tjust lie there! Get up!

Come on!

Run foryour life!

Come on, Dill!

Now who's the coward?

You tell them about this...

back in Meridian County,

Mr Dill Harris.

I'll tell you what let's do.

Let's go down to the courthouse, and

see the room that they locked Boo up in.

My aunt says it's bat-infested,

and he nearly died from the mildew.

Come on! I bet they got chains

and instruments oftorture down there.

Come on!

-Jem Finch?

- Yes, sir.

If you're lookin' foryour daddy,

he's inside the courthouse.

- Thank you, sir, but we're not look--

- Thank you, Mr Townsend, sir.

What's your daddy doin'

in the courthouse?

He's a lawyer,

and he has a case.

The grand jury's chargin'

his client today.

I heard somethin' about it last night

when Judge Taylor came over.

- Let's go watch!

- No, Dill!

He wouldn't like that.

Wait a minute!

- Is that the courtroom?

- Yeah.

I can't see anything.

You all lift me up

so I can see what's goin' on.

All right. Make a saddle.

Not much is happenin'.

Thejudge looks like he's asleep.

I see your daddy

and a coloured man.

The coloured man--

The coloured man looks to me

like he's cryin'.

- I seen him with my Mayella.

- I wonder what he's done to cry about?

What's goin' on?

There's a whole lot of men

sittin' together on one side...

and one man keeps pointin'

at the coloured man and yellin'.

- They're takin' the coloured man away.

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