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Why this normal-sized young man longed to be a dwarf like the rest of his family

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Peet and his mom, Vicki (Photo: Instagram)
Peet and his mom, Vicki (Photo: Instagram)

When he was a little kid all he wanted was to look like the rest of his family. Normal sized in a home full of people with dwarfism, he stood out like a sore thumb – and his school mates let him know it. 

When they came to play they’d ask him why he lived in a “midget house” and call him “a giant”. 

“I wished I was a dwarf too,” Peet Montzingo says. “At least that way I’d fit in. I was always trying to fit in somewhere.” 

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