Are Pobby And Dingan Real?

  I think Pobby and Dingan are not real. The narrator writes that “They never existed. Things that never existed can’t be dead. Right?” at the very beginning of the story. Also he says that Pobby and Dingan are his sister Kellyanne's imaginary friends. These shows the fact that Pobby and Dingan are not existed. Moreover, there is not words about Pobby and Dingan, which means they never talk. It is hardly to believe that two real people who live with you are never talk with you. 

  Beside this, only Kellyanne knows exactly where Pobby and Dingan are. For example, when their father tries to convence Kellyanne that he brings Pobby and Dingan back, and they are siting on the coach with the narrator. But Kellyanne does not believe it, she says “No they are not, dad. They hate Ashmol. Where are they really?” Both the narrator and his father can not see Pobby and Dingan, yet only Kellyanne can. I think this means that Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne's imaginations, and the people around her, like her mother, the people in the town just play with Kellyanne to let her happy. 

  In conclusion, Pobby and Dingan are not real people because they only existed in Kellyanne's mind.