The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime

     The cause of Christopher leaving Swindon is that his dad killed the neighbors dog and he lied about his mom being dead. The effect of the lie is that Christopher runs away from home to live with his mom in London. Christopher running away from home was so unbearable for his dad that he goes to London just to try to convince Christopher to go back to Swindon with him. Christopher- who is still enraged with his dad fights back and ends up staying in London until both he and his mom go back to Swindon because they are not safe in London anymore.