To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 6-9

I found these chapters of the book to be the most entertaining by far. I completely laughed at the part with snowman and Morphodite. I found it so amusing. The one thing I did not entirely understand was why Ms. Maudie was so glad that her house burned down. Normally one would be depressed that they lost all of their possessions, but she was happy as a clam. She was so excited because she hated her house and could build a bigger and better garden. I could not believe it when I read it because I would react oppositely to her. Also, no offense to Mr. Avery at all but I couldn't but chuckle when he got stuck in the window.