use it would interfere with her reading. Later,
             at lunch time, Walter Cunningham had no food with him. When the
             teacher tried to give him a quarter, the boy would not take it.
             Scout made the mistake of trying to explain the reason to Miss
             Caroline. The Cunninghams were poor country folks who had been hit
             hard by the Depression and were too proud to accept charity. For
             her trouble, Scout got her fingers cracked. Thinking that Walter
             Cunningham was the cause of her difficulty, Scout tried to beat
             him up. Jem would not let her. Instead, he invited the boy to
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