Jem, Scout, and Dill go out one night and sneak around the Radley house. They want to see Boo Radley through the window. The three children flee when Mr. Radley comes out on the porch with his gun. They crawl under the fence, but Jem's pants get stuck on the barb wire. He leaves them behind, but he knows he has to go back to get them. Scout begs Jem not to go, but he is determined. She tries to reason with him, but he stubbornly decides to get his pants after Atticus has gone to bed.
Later that night, Jem waits until Atticus and the rest of the neighborhood are asleep. He then sneaks out of his house and over to the Radley yard. As Scout waits at home in fearful anticipation, Jem returns with his pants:
There he was, returning to me. His white shirt bobbed over the back fence and slowly grew larger. He came up the back steps, latched the door behind him, and sat on his cot. Wordlessly, he held up his pants (Chapter 6).
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