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'Ah, he's another to be distressed about- Odysseus' child, Tekémakhos! By the god's grace he grew like a tough sapling. ' (Page 253) This is said by Eumaios to Odysseus, who is disguised as a traveler. Eumaios is telling his guest about his old master's son, and how he grew from being a weak, little boy, to a tough man, like a tree grows from a sapling.