Pencil removed from boy's lung

London - A schoolboy of 14 was recovering in hospital yesterday after spending six weeks with a pencil embedded in his lung - …

London - A schoolboy of 14 was recovering in hospital yesterday after spending six weeks with a pencil embedded in his lung - without realising.

The pencil speared Roy Rowlandson's rib cage when he fell over playing football. He did not realise what had happened because the pencil disappeared leaving only a small cut and bruise.

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