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Chapter 5

           MissMaudiehatedherhouse:timespentindoorswastimewasted.Shewasawidow,achameleonladywhoworkedinherflowerbedsinanoldstrawhatandmen’scoveralls,butafterherfiveo’clockbathshewouldappearontheporchandreignoverthestreetinmagisterialbeauty.

           ShelovedeverythingthatgrewinGod’searth,eventheweeds.Withoneexception.IfshefoundabladeofnutgrassinheryarditwasliketheSecondBattleoftheMarne:sheswoopeddownuponitwithatintubandsubjectedittoblastsfrombeneathwithapoisonoussubstanceshesaidwassopowerfulit’dkillusallifwedidn’tstandoutoftheway.

           "Whycan’tyoujustpullitup?"Iasked,afterwitnessingaprolongedcampaignagainstabladenotthreeincheshigh.

           "Pullitup,child,pullitup?"Shepickedupthelimpsproutandsqueezedherthumbupitstinystalk.Microscopicgrainsoozedout."Why,onesprigofnutgrasscanruinawholeyard.Lookhere.WhenitcomesfallthisdriesupandthewindblowsitalloverMaycombCounty!"MissMaudie’sfacelikenedsuchanoccurrenceuntoanOldTestamentpestilence.

           HerspeechwascrispforaMaycombCountyinhabitant.Shecalledusbyallournames,andwhenshegrinnedsherevealedtwominutegoldprongsclippedtohereyeteeth.WhenIadmiredthemandhopedIwouldhavesomeeventually,shesaid,"Lookhere."Withaclickofhertongueshethrustoutherbridgework,agestureofcordialitythatcementedourfriendship.

           MissMaudie’sbenevolenceextendedtoJemandDill,whenevertheypausedintheirpursuits:wereapedthebenefitsofatalentMissMaudiehadhithertokepthiddenfromus.Shemadethebestcakesintheneighborhood.

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