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There was once a boy who walked on his hands.

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This caused him to see things differently from other people.

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He was able to see under things, things that were close to the earth, small things, intimately.

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But being different from other children, he knew that there was more than one way to look at things.

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He didn't mind at all being different. His life was one adventure after the other.

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He had a wonderful time examining things, finding out how they were made and how they worked.

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And though many people who crossed his path were harassed and frowning, from his point of view, they appeared to be smiling, and this made him very happy.

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But he made people uncomfortable. They thought it was somehow wrong that the boy should not see things their way, the right way.

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They decided that he should be straightened out. They held a town meeting to determine what could be done. They called in experts.

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The doctor said, a rare case of deficiency of hypertension and heart palpitation, lungs peculiarly unclouded, digestive system, non-acid.

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It's obvious this young man is deprived of the manifold tastes, colors, shapes, and effects of the assorted patent medicines available and so widely enjoyed by our population.

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The psychiatrist said, a strange instance of psychic equilibrium or well-being, highly unrealistic to say the least.

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An absence of eatable manifestations and paranoic behavior. Obviously his hate instincts have been suppressed.

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The sociologist said, a sad lack of competitive drive, incidence of concern for others, naive trust in human nature, and inconceivable passivity toward the war.

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His teacher said, he's always been unusual, he has to paint grass pink and water purple.

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He refuses to call a fact a fact. Oh, he's not a bad boy, but with all his questions, why this, why that, who knows how he'll wind up.

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His parents said, we just don't know how this happened to us. What sort of profession will he ever have? Isn't there some way to overcome this dreadful condition?

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So the boy was put under therapeutic treatment. He was given injections, simultaneous hot baths and cold showers.

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Spun centrifugally clockwise, then counterclockwise.

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Put in traction.

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Lobotomy, frontal and backward.

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Given brainwashing, three times a day.

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Saturated with TV commercials and red and blue radiation.

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The treatment went on for a prolonged period.

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Finally, the boy stood up for the first time on his feet.

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What he saw frightened him because he found that the opposite view of love was hate, beauty was ugliness, individuality was conformity,

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Plenty was poverty, understanding was prejudice, cooperation was competition, depth was superficiality, concern was indifference, truth was lies, joy was despair, and peace was war.

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He went into a spin and landed on his hands.

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This is impossible, said the townspeople. We're back where we started from. He must be made to see right from wrong.

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But the boy, in spite of all the back to health conditioning, was adamant.

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He said, if you want me to stand on my feet, you will have to make some big changes first.

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The boy was taken to the hospital.

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