L'administration française strikes again,
was my first reaction. But I was wrong. Several countries under French influence
(e.g. Senegal, Mali) indeed
swallow the modern French children's sign unchanged, but not Morocco. They are making
their own kind. Let's have a closer look at our Y2K's find.
+ The children are a bit fatter than in France; that's probably not
entirely true to fact.
+ The body proportions are a trifle weird: the underarms are far too short
and the neck is surprisingly long.
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+ The children aren't walking like in France. They are rather
pivoting around one of the legs.
+ There is a bottom-line present.
Our more recent find seems to indicate a clear shift towards the French original
- it's a collector's nightmare.
The bottomline is kept in place though. Because the drawing isn't adapted
to the presence of this line, the boy gives the impression to make a jump. Drawing
the line higher would have been rather nasty to the girl.
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