"I think I'll be a clown when I get grown." said Dill.
Jem and I stopped in our tracks.
"Yes sir, a clown," he said. "There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off."
"You got it backwards, Dill," said Jem. "Clowns are sad, it's folks at laugh at them."
"Well I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks."