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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
    AH>  Now that you mention it, I think the boy might well have   
    AH>  been using railroad explosives.  The author describes him   
    AH>  as "gray"... perhaps suggesting he hadn't bathed for   
    AH>  awhile, and "scrawny"... perhaps suggesting he didn't get   
    AH>  enough to eat.   
      
    AK>  Do you think that scrawny children have nothing to eat? :)   
      
      
             Not necessarily... but many others seem to think so.  If the boy was   
   between the ages of six & sixteen it's possible he was at a stage of growth in   
   which he was becoming taller very quickly & the rest of his body hadn't caught   
   up yet.  It's also possible that, like one of my cousins, he had inherited the   
   ectomorph body type from his father & grandfather.  In my experience those who   
   rely heavily (!) on cheap carbohydrates are more likely to be overweight.  :-Q   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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