After one altercation when Jem hollered, “It’s time you started bein‘ a girl and acting right!”
I burst into tears and fled to Calpurnia. “Don’t you fret too much over Mister Jem—” she began.
“Mister Jem?” “Yeah, he’s just about Mister Jem now.” “He ain’t that old,” I said.
“All he needs is somebody to beat him up, and I ain’t big enough.”
“Baby,” said Calpurnia, “I just can’t help it if Mister Jem’s growin‘ up.
He’s gonna want to be off to himself a lot now, doin’ whatever boys do,
so you just come right on in the kitchen when you feel lonesome. We’ll find lots of things to do in here.”
The beginning of that summer boded well: Jem could do as he pleased; Calpurnia would do until Dill came.
She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.
But summer came and Dill was not there. I received a letter and a snapshot from him.
The letter said he had a new father whose picture was enclosed,
and he would have to stay in Meridian because they planned to build a fishing boat.
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