As Stanley dug up another shovelful of dirt, it occurred to him that Armpit wasn’t the biggest.
He, the Caveman, was bigger. He was glad they called him Caveman.
It meant they accepted him as a member of the group. He would have been glad even if they’d called him Barf Bag.
It was really quite remarkable to him. At school, bullies like Derrick Dunne used to pick on him.
Yet Derrick Dunne would be scared senseless by any of the boys here.
As he dug his hole, Stanley thought about what it would be like if Derrick Dunne had to fight Armpit or Squid. Derrick wouldn't stand a chance.
He imagined what it would be like if he became good friends with all of them,
and then for some reason they all went with him to his school, and then Derrick Dunne tried to steal his notebook...
“Just what do you think you're doing?” asks Squid, as he slams his hands into Derrick Dunne's smug face.
“Caveman's our friend,” says Armpit, grabbing him by the shin collar.
Stanley played the scene over and over again in his mind, each time watching another boy from Group D beat up Derrick Dunne.
It helped him dig his hole and ease his own suffering. Whatever pain he felt was being felt ten times worse by Derrick.
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