Run For Your Age

by capst

 

Bobby had really done it this time. Well known for playing pranks on his older sister, Amanda, this time he may have gone too far.

He had been killing some time at the mall when he happened on a shop he had never seen before. "Spells-R-Us" the sign read. Bobby was intrigued, so he wandered in.

"Hello, Bobby," greeted an old man in a worn bathrobe as Bobby walked in the door.

"Do I know you?" Bobby questioned.

"No, but I know all about you," the wizard replied. "I suppose you're looking for something to help take care of your older sister."

"That would be great," Bobby enthusiastically replied.

"Here," the wizard responded, holding out a bottle of Watkins Age Reducing Tonic. "But just use a little. You can always use more later if you need to."

Bobby eagerly paid the $19.95 (three week's allowance!) and hurried out of the mall.

He found Amanda and her friends at high-school cheerleader practice. Sneaking up from behind, he added some of the Watkins formula to each of their water bottles, then snuck behind the bleachers to wait for the fun to begin.

When the girls took their break, they thirstily drank from their water bottles. They started to regress. Fortunately, the wizard, already wary from some trouble with the authorities, had added a spell to the tonic so that their clothes shrank along with them.

Bobby stepped out from behind the bleachers, pointing and laughing at the girls. Amanda, wearing a yellow top was now younger than he was.

But Jean, in the white top still had half a bottle left. Instinctively, the girls knew who and what had caused their problem. They took of running afer Bobby, intent on feeding him the remains of Jean's water bottle.

And so it was that Bobby found himself running for his life...or his age.

 

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