Yes. A thigh is muscle, a tetanus shot will suffice. With a pencil up the boy's rear, peritonitis may result.
Was it up his rectum or in his buttocks? I could see the caution of if it was up his rectum but the article says left butt cheek.
Had an MP buddy at Bragg that was taking a drunk and fighting GI back to put him in the brig
The drunk found a pencil in the back seat and stabbed him,he almost died.
Had never thought of a pencil as a weapon before that