The panadería's pudgy pauper: Is a boy's begging for bread killing him softly?

I have reason to doubt the bona fides of a boy who begs for bread in Bogotá. Am I being too cruel? For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-panaderias-pudgy-pauper.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/enjoying-fruits-of-colombias-labour.html #PudgyPauper #panadería #bakery #bread #begging #BreadAddiction