![]() Amos tells Bud that she has been "stung by my own people before" (2.37) and says that she doesn't have time to waste on those who "don't want to be uplifted" (2.37). Amos bring in his suitcase, and Bud notices they've gone through it. Amos tells Bud that she will not let him stay with them any more and that he can't sleep in her house that night. Todd walks over to Bud and takes off his robe slowly, then goes ahead and beats Bud up.Well, after Todd goes and calls Bud "Buddy," Bud socks him across the cheek.Kind of hard not to feel sorry for poor Bud. ![]() ![]() So Todd is the kind of kid who abuses all the poor kids that the Amoses take in.(Ouch.) Todd also told him that he got the pencil up Bud's nose higher than all the other foster kids'. So who beat up whom? It turns out that Todd woke Bud up by shoving a pencil up his nose.Amos pretty much believes everything Todd says and thinks whatever Bud says is a lie. The third rule of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself is: if you have to tell a lie, make sure it is simple and easy to remember.Maybe we're supposed to think that is cool? Bud tells us that he is a great liar and that Todd is, too.Amos is furious and scolds Bud for hitting Todd, who lies by saying that he had come in to remind Bud to pee in the toilet because he looks like he will wet the bed. Todd falls to his knees pretending to catch his breath as if he were being attacked.Amos walks into the room and Bud hides under the bed, so Todd kicks him under the bed. Todd Amos, Bud's foster brother, starts beating up Bud pretty badly, so Bud curls up on the floor and protects his head.Bud thinks about how it's pointless to keep on fighting a fight when you know you are losing.
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