He was used to being made fun of.
We know this by him taking this reply in ‘with a sort of humble patience’. This means that he has experienced this kind of teasing - or even bullying before and he is used to it.
Answer:
By leaving out an article (a/the), the title STORM implies a deeper personification of the idea of a storm (whatever it may be in the story). It gives more emphasis on its importance or significance, rather than simply implying that it is "a thing"
Welcome to Dead House
Monster Blood
Stay Out of the Basement
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Say Cheese and Die!
Night of the Living Dummy
The Girl Who Cried Monster
Welcome to Camp Nightmare
The Ghost Next Door
The Haunted Mask
Let's Get Invisible!
Be Careful What You Wish For
Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
You Can't Scare Me
One Day at Horrorland
Monster Blood
Monster Blood II
Monster Blood III
It Came from Beneath the Sink
Deep Trouble
Go Eat Worms!
The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
Ghost Beach
Return of the Mummy
Synopsis----
Welcome to Dead House- Amanda and Josh move in with their grandparents into an old haunted house located in the strange town of Dark Falls where people are unlike any they have known before.
Stay Out of The Basement- With their father conducting strange experiments with plants in the basement, Margaret and Casey begin to investigate and soon discover that their father has begun to resemble a plant.
Characters----
Invisible Boy
Zach
Hannah
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