"Okay Clara, a more important question," Lisa went on, darting her eyes quickly as she attempted to find the right words in her head, "do you know what the word 'overweight' means...?"
Clara blinked slowly, lazily picking her brain for any recollection of that word. Eventually, she slowly shook her head, causing her massive slab of a double chin to wobble.
"No, never heard of it."
Lisa figured as much - it seemed no one in this town had any idea what the word meant. She didn't want to be the one to explain it, in case she upset the girl any further...she'd have to be subtle a little longer.
"Would you say you're healthy?"
"Mommy says so," Clara puffed, taking a few moments to catch her breath from all that talking before continuing, "She says...a healthy, happy appetite...makes a healthy, happy girl...and she says I'm really healthy...and I'm really happy..."
Lisa actually saw the poor girl's forehead start to glisten with sweat. As she reached into her bag and pulled out a huge sharing-size bag of chips and poured a mouthful of its contents into her widened maw, Lisa could only watch while she thought of what else to ask.
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