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children of his age and his mother thought that he was a freak. He
behaved abnormally. It seemed as if he had lesser intelligence in
comparison to other children.

To her, his head seemed much too large.

Albert’s mother thought that the little boy’s head was a bit too big in
comparison to other children’s heads.

At the age of two-and-a-half, Einstein still wasn‟t talking.

Albert Einstein started talking when he was two and a half years of age.

When he finally did learn to speak, he uttered everything twice.

Uttered: spoke

Finally, when Einstein started speaking, he used to repeat the words.

Einstein did not know what to do with other children, and his playmates
called him “Brother Boring.”

His playmates used to call him ‘brother boring’ because he remained to
himself, he did not play or talk to them.

So the youngster played by himself much of the time.

Einstein remained to himself all the time. He used to play with himself
only.

He especially loved mechanical toys.

From the very beginning, since his childhood, he loved mechanical toys -
such toys in which some kind of machinery was used such as automated
cars, automated airplanes.