In Chapter 1, the children begin to fantasize about the mysterious character known as "Boo" Radley, who never leaves his house. One day, Dill bet Jem "The Gray Ghost against two Tom Swifts" that Jem wouldn't knock on the Radley's door. (Lee 16) Jem is hesitant and fearful that Boo will come out of his house and attack them. Dill calls Jem scared, but Jem maintains that he isn't scared, "just respectful." On the third day, Jem stood at the Radley gate contemplating his next move. Dill made a concession to the bet and said that Jem had to touch the house instead of knocking on the door. Jem wins the bet by swinging open the fence and running into the Radley yard to touch the house. Jem slaps the side of the house and runs back onto his porch. Scout says that she thought they saw a shutter move when they looked at the window of the Radley house.
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