They felt guilty because since 1885 Maycomb had not
reported any snow during Winter. Yet, during the specific winter when the action of the
story takes place there was a bit of snow mounted in the yards that was identified as
"flurry". It was very minimal, but it was big enough for Mr. Avery to find in it a
consistent proof of what he had been proposing: That bad behavior in children is what
makes the weather change.
Therefore, to see this sudden
change in Maycomb(although small) was a big deal for the children whose behaviors were
no different than any other child, but were chastised probably much harshly than
children are chastised in modern times. For this reason, the kids felt that their "bad
behavior" was the causative factor for this onset of snow after so many
years.
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