Like a
lot of children,finds her dad to be rather uncool, at least by comparison with other children's
dads. Scout dearly loves , but finds him a little boring. He doesn't do any of the things that
other dads do, and he doesn't have any special talents or skills. (Or so she thinks; she's yet
to discover Atticus' skills as a marksman.) He just spends most of his free time reading
quietly.
That's why Scout sometimes wishes that Atticus were a devil from
hell. At least then she'd have something to brag about to the other children. The devil may be
wicked, devious, and unpredictable, but at least there's something fascinating about him, which
is more than can be said of Atticus. That is until he picks up his rifle and dispatches the
rabid dog Tim Johnson with one shot. Then, Scout finds Atticus amazingly cool all of a
sudden.
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