Snow in Maycomb- A Sign or a Fluke?
By: Braxton Bragg Underwood December 20, 1934
Is the world ending or is it a miracle? Eula May announces to all of Maycomb that this is the first time it has snowed here since the terrible winter in 1885.
However, there are some mixed views about this weather phenomenon. Children are quite delighted at this snowfall as it is declared that school is canceled. It is the first time they have ever seen fluffy white crystals falling from the sky and they are mystified. Adults, on the other hand, are dreading the cleanup that is to come from the snow. Mr. Avery states that bad children made it snow and he seemed bitter about the whole ordeal. The children got him back later on for this comment. Miss Maudie, an avid gardener, states, “Beautiful my hind foot! If it freezes tonight it’ll carry off all my azaleas!”. Because of her opinion on snow, she allows Jean Louise and Jem Finch to haul off all her snow in an old peach basket. But what were they going to do with it? This question was answered a moments later when Scout and Jem attempt to make their first “snowman” that is suspiciously similar to a man named Mr. Avery. This is the South, so although there is snow, there is not enough to build a solid snowman. The children's solution is to make a base out of dirt and then cover that up with snow. So, the outside is pure white snow and the inside is dirt. The snowman is then adorned with bits of wood for the eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons. Its final accesories consisted of a sunhat and some hedge clippers from Miss Maudies across the street(apparently the tacit treaty between the children and Miss Maudie consisted upon more than just playing in her yard). The masterpiece was finished: dubbed, “An absolute morphodite” |
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