TKMB+Chapter+Five+Summary

Scout is trying to convince Jem not to play the Radley game anymore and eventually her nagging gets the best of him. They stop playing the game as religiously as they had, and Dill starts to follow Jem around more and more. Dill had asked Scout to marry him and then forgot about it. Scout beat up Dill twice, but he only grew closer to Jem. Jem and Dill started to play without Scout, therefore, Scout becomes closer to Miss Maudie. Miss Maudie always spent her times outdoors, and Scout and she spoke about many things. Scout talks to Miss Maudie about Boo Radley (aka: Arthur Radley) and asks her if the rumors about him are true, including him being a phantom and looking in through people's windows at night. Miss Maudie knew Boo Radley as a boy and said he was always very nice. The next morning Jem and Dill propose the idea of giving a note to Radley through one of his windows, asking him to come out and saying they would treat him to ice cream. Jem sticks the note to the end of a fishing pole and tries to put the note on the windowsill with no success. Eventually, they get caught by Atticus who scolds them for bothering Arthur Radley and saying not to do it again. Atticus then tricks Jem into telling him that they were playing out Arthur Radley game when they were trying to keep it hidden.