. A'Chu and other stories. THE HUNCHBACK BAD enough to be hunchbacked, most boys wouldsay, without being named Hunchback. Quitebad enough, we agree, to carry a big hump where theshoulder blades should be, to grow arms far too longfor the body, and to hitch along on spindling legsmatched in length to the arms. To be reminded ofthis deformity every time his name was spoken did notbetter matters for the boy. Maybe the fish man did not think how such a namewould feel to a boy. As he sat by his block under ashade of flour sacks stretched over bamboo poles, thefish seller did not look very kind-hear
. A'Chu and other stories. THE HUNCHBACK BAD enough to be hunchbacked, most boys wouldsay, without being named Hunchback. Quitebad enough, we agree, to carry a big hump where theshoulder blades should be, to grow arms far too longfor the body, and to hitch along on spindling legsmatched in length to the arms. To be reminded ofthis deformity every time his name was spoken did notbetter matters for the boy. Maybe the fish man did not think how such a namewould feel to a boy. As he sat by his block under ashade of flour sacks stretched over bamboo poles, thefish seller did not look very kind-hearted. No banteringcustomer ever inclined him to cut short his he carefully balanced his wooden steelyards inone hand, he marked with the thumb and forefingerof the other the last notch each cut could be made toweigh. A lean hand caught the copper change as itfell to the block, and with a quick sweep turned it intohis box. Perhaps the fish mans business did not help him tobe thoughtful of others. He always spok
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