When school
starts, andis in the second grade, she andfind a ball of gray twine in the knothole. Jem thinks
it belongs to "somebody like Walter Cunningham." But when it is still there after
three days, he takes it. He and Scout then decide that whatever is left in the knothole is meant
for them.
They subsequently find a boy and girl image carved out of white
soap. It is clear the carvings are of Jem and Scout. Jem says:
These are good . . . Ive never seen any these good. He held them down to me. They
were almost perfect miniatures of two children. The boy had on shorts, and a shock of soapy hair
fell to his eyebrows. I looked up at Jem. A point of straight brown hair kicked downwards from
his part. I had never noticed it before. Jem...
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