On page 120, the mystery that began the novel is solved. Christopher’s father admits to the murder of Wellington the poodle. Christopher wonder’s if it a joke at first, because, as he says, he doesn’t understand jokes, and “when people tell jokes they don’t mean what they say.” Christopher cannot believe that his father could mean what he just said. His father explains his reasoning, but the result is not as he’d hoped. Christopher is frightened by this revelation. His father had not only lied to him on such an important issue as his mother’s death, he had murdered Wellington. Christopher tells himself that he cannot trust his father, and thinks that if his father had killed Wellington; he could kill Christopher as well. He decides to run away from home.
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