ნაწყვეტი წიგნიდან:
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE
We could never forget the events that had led to my brother Jem's injury. His elbow was so
badly broken that when it healed, his left arm was somewhat shorter than his right and when he
stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his
thigh. But as he was able to play football jut as well as before the accident, he was seldom self-
conscious about that injury. He was nearly thirteen then.
When we grew older and looked back on the years of our childhood, we sometimes discussed
the events that had happened before that accident. I think that the Ewells started it all, but Jem,
who was four years my senior, said that it started that summer when Dill came to us and
suggested that we should make Boo Radley come out.
I couldn't agree with him. I advised him to take a broader view and to begin with Simon Finch
because where would we be if he hadn't come to live in Alabama? We were at the age when we
didn't settle our arguments with fist-fights any longer, so we consulted Atticus. Our father said
we were both right.