Todd Amos bullies Bud and hits him. The novel says that
Todd did this to all the colored boys who came to live with them. When Bud
tried to fight back Todd's dad walked in and Todd said that Bud was the one
causing the problem. So Todd’s parents made Bud sleep in the shed which Bud
found very frightening because they’re were bugs and it was dark. After the
family treating him that way Bud ran away.
I could kind of understand why Todd was being mean to Bud. Although Todd was very cruel, Todd was living at his house longer then Bud was and so having a stranger all of a sudden be living with you would be very difficult. Todd was an only child before Bud went to live with him so having another boy try to win over your parents would be very hard for a young boy.
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