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To switch the rules now pulls the rug out from under them just as they’re reaching their most vulnerable years, officials and experts said.

Since then, the 21-month-old has "scoffed" sand "by the handful" and eaten playgroup rugs as well as furniture all over his home, including his own cot.

"I'm hoping to get really close to Alan and Cat so they keep me in the game, and then I can try and pull the rug from under their feet last minute," he said.

The men sit on rugs beneath the wide boughs of a tree, while two women sit on mats in the shade of a nearby veranda, as goats and chickens roam the compound.

He would find his cubby based on its proximity to the mat laid out on the floor, and he knew where to sit during circle time because he could feel a mark on the rug.