Ah,but what Mary the were-elephant had meant by
"Permanent" wasn't that Damon would be a elephant 24/7
but that he,like all the other were-animals in the other
Carthagian cages,was now
permanently a were-animal
specifically a were-elephant
doomed to spend the daylight hours as a elephant
and the night hours as his
old human self.
However Mary was a seductress no matter
which form she was in
and so,after Dmon had done his thing
as aa elephant,he went to sleep
till he was shaken awake by a now shrinking
changing Mary.
He himself was also shrinking and changing
back into human
form and as he looked about could see all the tigers,lions,zebras,bears ,monkeys
were
shifting back to human form.
The sight of giggling nude
human Mary no doubt
cranked Damons
motor however she nodded "NO" at
him and led him to a side of the cage were she had
hidden a pair of mens and womens
Carthagian clothes for them to wear
during the night.
Damon was a bit flustered wearing his Carthagian toga
but a helpful were-tiger guy
opened the unlocked elephant cage
door and helped
Damon put on his cape and toga properly.
Then Damon and the hundreds of other were-animal people
all left the Zoo grounds and
headed for the seaside tourist
district of Carthage
where Damons parents and his two
brothers Alexander,Brendn and Damons little sister Trudy
already sat by a resteraunte table enjoying
a fine Carthagian meal.
General Hannibal was also there,talking
to Damon's dad Captain Flint
and Damon's mother was chatting with some passing
Greek goddess.
Out in the Mediterranean the were-sea serpents
Monica and Elizabeth were human agin,naked
and still trading blows
to the
visual delight of many a sailor on the docks.
Hannibal motioned for Damon and Mary to joined them and winked in amusement
as Damon looked at the menu and
asked where the
Peanuts could be found on it.
After they'd all had a fine meal
Captain Flint explained to his son
the were-elephant what ws going on.
He motioned to the endless flotilla of Roman trieme warships blockading the Carthage harbour
Rome was out to wipe
out Carthage and had more soldiers,sailors,ships and catapults
to make that threat happen.
So Hannibal,being a son-in-law
of Circe the Sorceress
had made a deal with
his mother-in-law
famous for turning men into mindless
pigs
If she would help him
raise a army of were-animals
to bolster the Carthagian army and navy
he'd forgive her property taxes on that
island she'd borrowed from Hannibals granddad.
And so Damon had
been turned into a
were-elephant to
deal with the Romans
and as a side
to help Circe avoid paying the
taxman