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Atticus is as old as a boot. He can't even play football with me. All the other dad's play with their sons. He says hes too old. He was nothing really special till one day. Old Tim Johnson, the mad dog came along. It's weird havin' a mad dog in Febraury, but it happened. We told Calpurnia and she called my dad. My dad and Mr.Tate came. That old dog was comin' torward us. The dog had to be shot right there. Mr.Tate kept tryin to give the gun to my dad. I was confused. My dad took his glasses off and I knew somethin' was gonna go down. My dad picked the gun up and killed the dog in one shot. I was amazed, I was speechless. Miss Maudie said we should be proud of him and told us his old nickname was ol' one shot. I told Scout not to say anything when she went to school, she wanted to so bad. I'm proud of my father if I knew about his shooting or not. I don't think he wanted us to know though.

With the money I got for my 12th bithday, I wanted to get a miniature steam engine for me and a baton for Scout. To get to the store we had to pass by Mrs.Dubose's house which I hated. She was so mean. She was makin fun of Scout and Atticis I tried to let it go. When we got our toys we had to walk by again, but she wasnt outside this time. I couldn't control myself. I grabbed Scout's baton and hit all of Mrs.Dubose's plants. After that I broke Scout's baton. I was so mad for the rest of the day. When my dad found out, he was dissappointed. He didn't think I would do that. I had to read to Mrs.Dubose for a month. I didn't want to, but me and Scout went there everyday. We could leave when the alarm clock went off. It was creepy there with her and her fits. When I was done I was relieved. My dad went to her house a little later though. When he came back, he had a box for with one of her flowers in it. That made me furious. He told me she died of a drog additction. My feeling were mixed, I was mad and upset at the same time.