Jem and Dill continue to swap gossip, superstition, and exaggeration in chapter four. What affect do they have on Scout?

Scout buys into the imagination of it all. They spend much of the summer acting these rumors out, much to the chagrin of Atticus. Jem believes that touching Radley property equals death. Jem passionately stated, "Don't you know you're not supposed to even touch the trees over there? You'll get killed if you do!"Dill thinks Boo Radley died and Jem says they stuffed his body up the chimney. All of this superstition feeds into Scout's already vivid imagination.