Question

why had Mr Oliver approached it in the first place ? what had he mistaken it for?​

Answer 1

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Oliver mistook the boy for being one of his students or any of the locals. He heard the boy weeping and crying and went before him to ask him about the matter. When he removed the hat from the boy's head, he found that the boy was "just a ball of flesh" with "no ears, no nose, and no mouth❤️