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Tom was lonesome. It was hard to make friends when you
were a small, thin weakling. Sanction was a hard town with lots of
kooks. But the funny thing was, according to the library records, all
the "kooks" were legit. His favorite was a man who knew magic.
The man, Sevro, was a kind old guy, who liked Tom. And many a time he had seen him brooding on his back step. Tom one day decided to see him about his problem. He went to the old brick house. "Hey Sevro. Busy?" he said. "No just watching the birds. What can I do you for?" he replied. It was now or never. "I have a problem. Can you help me." "I suppose. What's the problem?" Tom cleared his throat. " I was wondering, since you know magic and all, if you could help me with my friend problem. No one pays any attention to me because I'm small and thin. Therefore I am not a good choice for any sports." Sevro was listening with interest. " Well I think I can help you. Come inside and I'll give you some help." Tom and Sevro went inside. After fumbling around in a dark room, they walked out to the kitchen. In his hands Sevro held three bottles. He poured them into a pot and boiled them for a while. Then he divided it into three bottles. Into the first he put some powder, turning it green. Into the second, he put a crystal changing it blue. And into the third he sprinkled a leaf, making it yellow. He then wrote something on a piece of paper and sent Tom away, saying he had things to do. On the way home, Tom read the paper and this is what it said: BLUE- For every sip, shrink 1 foot YELLOW- For every sip, grow six inches. GREEN- Antidote (1 sip cures all) Notes: Wears off after two hours. Use sparingly or terrible things will happen, do not sip blue past height of one foot, it will shrink you another six inches. When you run out I'll make you some more. Pretty heavy stuff, Tom thought. Better be careful. The next day was Saturday and Tom decided to try the drinks. He locked himself in the bathroom and waited till his parents left. Then he sipped the drinks, first yellow. Nothing happened. Then he felt a tingling feeling. And instantly he was six inches taller (according to the height measure in his room). So now his current stats were 6'. Still too short. Now he had to wait two hours. Easy enough. Two hours later he was back to normal. Now the real test. If one sip makes him one foot shorter, the whole bottle would make him really small. He had to show this to mom, 'cause this was too cool… On second thought, he'd better keep it to himself. The next day was Sunday. And he was ready. He would drink both bottles at the same time. Well, maybe not. First the yellow bottle. After he drank it, the same tingle happened. But he was still 6'. Strange, he had taken a large dose. Oh well. After pondering for a while, he went over to Sevro's house only to find a "For Sale" sign. Now what would he do? Then something happened: he felt a tingle. And everything got smaller. Uh oh. He had to hide till it wore off. I know, he thought, the forest outside of the house. I'll stay there 'til this stuff wears off. It took an hour but eventually he could fit back in the house on hands and knees. Another hour and he was back to normal, but he noticed that he couldn't change back as easily as the first time; and he could grow as tall as he wanted to with a single thought. The next day at school he drank the blue liquid. At lunch a bunch of kids started looking at him. His best friend told him to look up: and he was tiny! About six inches. And this time he couldn't think himself back. He was stuck this way. And the moral? Don't mess with nature; take it one sip at a time! |
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