Both families live in a dirty house.

Both families are kind and loving families.

Both families live in the East End.

Both families live in the West End.

Maniac wants the family to see a real black person and stop inventing stories about them.

Maniac wants the family to see a real black person so they can test out using their pillbox.

Maniac wants Mars Bar and Russell and Piper to become best friends.

Maniac wants the family to get angry at him for bringing a black person so he has an excuse to leave their house.

Maniac knew Mars Bar was hungry and they could get a free dinner at the the Pickwells' house.

The Pickwell children had been asking Maniac to bring a black person over to their house.

Maniac wants Mars Bar to see the best of the West End (soften Mars Bar), before he sees the worst.

Maniac wanted Mars Bar to show the Pickwell children how good he is at playing basketball.

They would have seen the children were splashing in the water spilling from the fire hydrant.

They would have seen Maniac and Mars Bar running together, but never talking.

They would have seen the children lining up to hit John McNab's fastball.

They would have seen Maniac kissing the baby buffalo at the zoo.

Maniac was mad at Russell for the way he treated Mars Bar.

Maniac was afraid of heights and couldn't bear to climb up on the train trestle.

Maniac's parents had died on the trestle, and he could not go up there.

Maniac wanted to see if Mars Bar would be the hero and go up and rescue Russell.

Mars Bar takes Russell to the buffalo pen at the zoo.

Mars Bar takes Russell to church so he can thank God for being saved.

Mars Bar takes Russell home to his own mother.

Mars Bar takes Russell to Cobble's Corner for free pizza.

Maniac is afraid Mars Bar will hurt him if he goes to his house.

Maniac is afraid of getting comfortable in a home and then losing that home again.

Maniac is allergic to Mars Bar's cat.

Maniac is afraid of Mars Bar's mother because she called him 'Fishbelly'.

Maniac is afraid Amanda will hurt him if he doesn't go home with her.

Maniac now truly believes he will be able to stay at the Beales' home forever.

Hester and Lester were pleading with Maniac and Maniac could not say no to those two.

Mrs. Beale came and dragged him home to her house.