ver, as he gets to know I'm his perception of Dumby changes and once Blacky is given the excuse he is able to develop a friendship with Dumby. Blacky tells his friends: "I hate his guts."..."But this time [he] didn't spit, because [he] didn't mean it. A terrible thing had happened – [he'd] stopped hating Dumby Reds guts. [He] couldn't help it, he'd started to like him" (p. 26) As Blacky b
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