Boy with dwarfism endures taunts on first day of school, takes it in his stride


Mikhael puts on a brave face and still goes to school despite the tauntings.

KOTA KINABALU: On the first day of school, Mikhael's new classmates asked him why he had a big head and small body, and laughed at the seven-year-old.

His reply to them: "What can I do if God made me this way?”

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