Apples and Asparagus
You may not be aware of this, but small boys are very cognizant of their physical features. Not so much their complete anatomy, but more the various weights and measures of bits and pieces. I knew my height; Father marked my bedroom door post at random intervals. I knew my shoe size was large for my age, that I would grow as tall, possibly taller, than my father. I knew my hands were small, too small to span an octave on Mother's piano. My uncircumcised penis was one hundred and eighteen...