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Gravel was crunching under his feet as the wind raced past his ears, screams and shouts of ‘SKINNY FAT BOY’ from the people ridiculing him added more energy to his feet as he ran even faster to get away from them. Tears running down his cheeks became a part of the wind, his pain taking a physical form. As he was slowing down, the gravel underneath him started to sink slowly to the ground. He could still hear all the shouting from behind him as he was limping due to injury. As soon as he reached his beloved home he didn’t say anything to his parents as he limped up the stairs and into his room. He is disheartened by the fact that he is always getting bullied.

Joseph was moving to his new house with his parents, hardly being able to pick up anything as his arms were very skinny, too skinny. Joseph was a very silent kid making him more vulnerable to bullies, when the people were telling him that he was fat he didn’t say anything back to them because of what he knew he was. His parents keep insisting to complain to the deputy principal, but what they didn’t know is that if Joseph told the teachers, it would make the bullies even more consistent in their acts. …show more content…
So they did, after it was all done Joe started to read, he likes to read because he likes to delve into the story. His legs and arms are very skinny, they were not normal due to the obesity in his upper torso. The doctors can never get their point through because there is no treatment to his rare disease. He never fitted in with the rest of the society, physically and
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