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The town of Maycomb experiences another flush of excitement in February. The mangy dog, Tim Johnson, walks up in the town streets carrying rabies.
The day that follows the previous chapter's event is Jem's 12th birthday. Jem and Scount walk into town to buy something out of his birthday money.
Jem demands that Scout leave him alone and begin to act more like a girl. Jem is 12 years old now and his attitude has changed.
Aunt Alexandra announces that she is staying for awhile to give the children some woman's influence. According to the customs of Maycomb, staying for awhile could mean staying as short as a matter of days or longer period that would take even years.
Jem and Scout become the town's object for staring and whispering people as the trial of the black man Tom Robinson moves on and their father Atticus is his legal defense representative. Scout attempts to find the meaning of rape by asking her father.
Bob Ewell's threat to Atticus worries everyone except Atticus himself. Bob threatens to get back at Atticus for the embarrassment he received during the hearing. Atticus shrugs his shoulders and tells the children that Bob Ewell needs to get the spirit of vengefulness out of his system. He regards the whole thing as an empty threat. Atticus does not expect Bob to make any more trouble, but Aunt Alexandra and the kids cannot help feeling worried.
The next day is the first day of Tom Robinson's trial. Every one in the town appears in the courtroom to witness the trial except for Miss Maudie who does not approve watching the trial because she feels if is like watching a Roman carnival.
Read a Summary of To Kill a Mockingbird, chapter 24, with all chapter summary access. To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel by Harper Lee.
Judge Taylor presides during the court case and during the first witness interrogation, Atticus finds many holes in the testimony that Tom actually raped Mayella. The sheriff was the first person outside the Ewell family who saw Mayella after the rape incident.

