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The tale of Boo Radley was always the talk of the neighborhood and school all the time. Everyone believed he was a malignant and nothing good ever came from him. All the stories floating around about him were gossip and only brought more shame to that family and their name.One of those stories was that his diet was an aberration from every other regular person, he snacked on raw squirells and cats. Whenever Dill came to town in summer, him and Jem were so fascinated with that old Radley house and what it held but I just thought we should leave it alone. They always wanted to find some way to see if the supposable Boo was real and what he did in his free time since he never came out. A downside though was that Dill had a predilection to lie

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