Momma and I live back yonder in Meridian, Mississippi, but this summer she sent me with Aunt Rachel in Maycomb, Alabama. I reckoned it would be pretty boring, but I made two new friends: Scout and Jem. They're my neighbors. Scout is a pretty girl, a year younger'n me, but she' s a bit of a tomboy. Her brother Jem is three years my senior.
I introduced myself as Charles Baker Harris, and I told em I could read. Jem asked if I was four but he was joking. I didn't blame him though, I was small for my age but I was actually seven. Jem said my name was long, so I told him folks called me Dill. I was mighty curious to learn about the town and I hoped my new friends would tell me bout it.
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