Sometimes nature can play a cruel joke on a person. History knows many situations when a person was born "not like everyone else." Often you can meet people on the street with slow growth, weak mental development, a lot of facial hair, etc. It often happens that the life of such people turns out to be miserable, but one person has become the complete opposite of the disabled. Francesco Lentini became famous all over the world, who was born not with two, but with three legs. It is necessary to find out why Frank was born with three legs, and find out how he was able to live with such a deviation.
Francesco Lentini - a man with three legs (b. 1889, Sicily). Why was Frank born with three legs?
Francesco Lentini (1889-1966) - a man who had three legs. The man was born in Sicily and was the twelfth child in his family. It must be said that the twin Francesco was defectively formed and turned out to be associated withhis brother's spine. In this regard, Lentini was born not with two, but with three legs. However, this was not the only deviation of the boy. Francesco had two sets of sex organs, a total of sixteen toes, and also had another vestigial leg that extended from the knee of his third leg. However, it was very poorly developed, and Frank was considered to have three legs.
Of course, the boy's parents wanted Francesco Lentini to grow up as a normal and full-fledged child, insisting on an operation to separate the twin brothers. However, the doctors abandoned this idea because they feared for the boy's life. After surgery, Frank's spine could have been paralyzed.
Childhood of a boy in a shelter for children with disabilities
The boy's childhood was very difficult. His parents did not want to put up with the fact that their child was disabled, and abandoned Frank. For a short time after that, he lived with his aunt, but soon she also did not want to raise the "freak" and gave him to a shelter for children with disabilities.
Frank hated himself, he was very unhappy with the fact that he had extra limbs. However, in the orphanage, he changed his mind about his body, because he saw a huge number of children who, on the contrary, lacked some organs.
Frank himself shared that he saw both blind children and those who could not move, etc. After that, he realized that his fate was not so bad as he thought before the orphanage.
It was the orphanage that made him feel like thisthe same person as everyone else. He wanted to learn how to play football, jump rope, ride a bicycle, like all normal children. And soon he fulfilled his dreams and desires.
Emigration to the USA. Work in the circus
When the boy was 8 years old, he emigrated to the United States, like many Sicilians at that time. When Frank grew up, he wanted to get a job in the circus, and soon he began to work there. The most popular number was the one with kicking a soccer ball with the third foot.
How did a man with three legs become famous and respected?
It is worth saying that the audience was delighted and loved to watch when Francesco Lentini walked on his two legs, and at that time he filled the ball with his third foot. He became very famous, and over time, the fact of a physical anomaly began to fade into the background. Spectators wanted to see the spectacle and came to the circus to see the "three-legged freak". However, most attention was paid not to his disability and other deviations, but to how agile Francesco Lentini was. The audience began to notice that Frank is a good person with an amazing sense of humor. With Frank there was always something to talk about, and many considered him an excellent conversationalist. He often joked, but despite this, the man with three legs was very noble as well as wise.
It is important that Francesco's physical abilities were no different from those of an ordinary person with two legs. Frank was ableride a horse, run, jump, drive cars, etc.
Lentini was very fond of joking and did it almost all the time. Frank was often asked the question of how he manages to find shoes for himself. Then he replied that he always gets 2 pairs of shoes, and gives the extra to his friend with one foot.
Lentini Francesco could become a successful and respected person with a disability. Photos of a man with three legs evoke a storm of emotions in many, but he was able to prove that the “extra” limb does not make him “different” from he althy people.
Frank's personal life
Despite the fact that Francesco was "not like everyone else", he found his love and soon got married. It is worth noting that Teresa Murray gave birth to Lentini four children who were absolutely he althy.
Successful career of a man with three legs
The three-legged man's career spanned over forty years. Throughout his life, Lentini performed in almost all the main and most popular circuses in the United States at that time. He was able to win the appreciation of the public, which was the favorite.
It is worth saying that the man with three legs continued to tour until his death, as he really liked his work. Frank loved to bring joy and positive emotions to everyone who came to his performances.
Francesco Lentini is a man with three legs who was able to conquer the public and become a respected person. It's worth sayingthat all his colleagues respected him and called him “king” behind his back. Many of those who knew Frank personally noted that he had an amazing sense of humor, was a very wise and talented person, and could always cheer up his interlocutor. Despite the deviations due to which the parents abandoned the man with three legs, he was able to become a famous artist and earned the respect of the public. Many admired his tenacity and determination. Francesco did not give up and continued to live like an ordinary full-fledged person.
It is worth mentioning that he managed to prove to everyone that the recipe for happiness lies not in how many legs a person has, but is exclusively in his head. By his example, he showed many people with disabilities that they can all live as he althy, full-fledged citizens, and even better.
