TKAM 10-12

perspective of scout
I have kind of realized that my father atticus is somewhat older than most of the other fathers in Maycomb. And he wears glasses and reads, for instance, instead of hunting and fishing like the other men in town. and i am wondering why i know i am Young still so i don't understand everything but even knowing that it is still really Strange. One day, however a mad dog appears (dog with rabies) wandering down the main street towards our house and  Calpurnia calls my father Atticus who returns home with Heck Tate, the sheriff of our town. Heck brings a rifle and asks my dad to shoot the dog. And To me and Jems  amazement, Atticus did it, hitting the dog with his first shot. but jem told me not to say anything to the other people in the town because jem said he wasn't proud of it and never would be.