The answer can be found in Chapter 6. The chapter begins with Jem and Scout heading over to see Dill one last time. Being kids, the three of them are not content with just sitting around and talking to each other. Scout wants to go find out if Mr. Avery is out tonight because they once saw him do some impressive distance urinating.
At first we saw nothing but a kudzu-covered front porch, but...
The answer can be found in Chapter 6. The chapter begins with Jem and Scout heading over to see Dill one last time. Being kids, the three of them are not content with just sitting around and talking to each other. Scout wants to go find out if Mr. Avery is out tonight because they once saw him do some impressive distance urinating.
At first we saw nothing but a kudzu-covered front porch, but a closer inspection revealed an arc of water descending from the leaves and splashing in the yellow circle of the street light, some ten feet from source to earth, it seemed to us. Jem said Mr. Avery misfigured, Dill said he must drink a gallon a day, and the ensuing contest to determine relative distances and respective prowess only made me feel left out again, as I was untalented in this area.
Dill responds by offering that they "go for a walk." Scout is instantly suspicious.
He sounded fishy to me. Nobody in Maycomb just went for a walk. “Where to, Dill?”
It turns out that Dill wants to head south toward the Radley house. Atticus has already told the children to stop bothering the Radleys, so Scout protests against going. That's when Jem calls her "Angel May."
Jem said, “Okay.” When I protested, he said sweetly, “You don’t have to come along, Angel May.”
Jem is teasing Scout with some nam-calling. He's basically calling her something akin to a "goody goody" or "goody two shoes." Some more back and forth occurs until Jem finally gives the final insult and tells Scout she is acting like a girl. That pushes her over the edge, and she agrees to go with the boys.
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