Jem and Scout find a number of trinkets in the knothole of the Radley tree, but one day there are two rather significant gifts for the Finch children.
Shortly after school starts, Jem and Scout walk home, and as they pass by the Radley tree, they notice in the hole a ball of gray twine.
"Don't take it, Jem," I said. "This is somebody's hidin' place."
"I don't think so, Scout."
On second thought Jem thinks that perhaps it is a hiding spot. But, then, he considers that things only appear in it when school is in session. The next day the twine is still there, so the siblings consider what is placed in the knothole theirs from then on. They find chewing gum, a spelling bee medal, and an old pocket watch. But, before they discover these trinkets, Scout pulls out two figures carved from soap. One is a boy with a cowlick exactly in the place where Jem has his, and the other is a girl in a skirt who resembles Scout on schooldays.
Jem is noticeably moved by the talent and time involved in the creation of these figures. "Who do you know around here who whittles?" he asks his sister. When he arrives home, Jem puts the figures in his trunk.
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