Another night Dill and Jem said they were going to peep in the Radley’s window to see if they could get a look at Boo. They said that if I didn’t want to go with them I could go straight home and keep my mouth shut about it. I said, “Jem, don’t…”
Jem said, “Scout, I’m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home – I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!” So, I shut up and joined them. We snuck under a barbed wire fence and through a creaky gate into the Radley’s yard. We had to be very quiet, and I was so nervous! We gave Dill a boost up to look in the window, but he didn’t see anything. So we went around back and Jem crept across the porch and peeked in a window. That was when I noticed the shadow. It was the shadow of a man with a hat on, and it was moving towards Jem! The moonlight was bright enough to make shadows that night. Dill noticed it too, and then Jem. We were petrified! ! The shadow stopped about a foot beyond Jem. Its arm came out from its side, dropped, and was still. Then it turned and moved back across Jem, walked along the porch and off the side of the house, returning as it had come.
