Occasionally, a human infant is so unlucky as to be born without arms. Surviving in spite of this handicap (for the human breed is remarkably tough and adaptable) these underequipped children grow up into “armless wonders,” who compensate for their lack of the normal grasping organs by training their toes to such stunts as threading needles and pulling corks.
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