Lana woke up dreary at the sound of her alarm. It was another day, and so another day of agonizing work. Lana hated her job, it was stressful and boring, but worst of all it took away precious time which she normally spent with her daughter. "Only one more day till the weekend." Lana said to herself in mantra, "Only one more day till the weekend. Only one more day till th- aaaa!" Lana was startled as she fell. The normally non-existent drop from the bed to the floor was now much, much larger. Lana felt lucky that she didn't hurt herself as she composed herself on the floor, she was not used to such surprises. Looking up and around the room from her perspective on the floor, things looked much different, much bigger? No, how could that be possible? It would have explained the drop from her bed, but people don't shrink.
However, rising to her feet, Lana felt like her theory might be more and more possible. She was shrunk! Facing her now enormous bed, she was speechless to find that she was now even shorter than the top of the mattress. Lana was beginning to grow scared, "I need to go find help! I need to figure out what is happening to me." Lana rushed to her bedroom door, but was disappointed to find that the door handle was head and shoulders above her. There was no way she could have reached it, but thankfully the door was a crack open. "I don't remember leaving my door open last?" Lana thought with suspicion, "Well I'm glad it is."
Quickly swinging open the door, Lana was taken back as a figure taller than her stood in front of her. With her new height, she was eye level with the person's upper chest. Stepping back to look up at the mysterious figure, Lana's worried turn to relief as it was only her daughter. Alice looked down at her with half concern and half intrigue. "Mom, what happened to you?"
"I don't know!" Lana blurted, "I woke up like this and I'm not sure how it happened." Alice's mom began frantically pacing in front of her. "I can't possibly go to work like this. What if I shrink even more? I have to go to the doctor ASAP. This is scary!" Suddenly, Lana felt a gently hand land on her shoulder. "You're right Alice, I need to calm down; but what are we going to do about me?"
Alice couldn't help but giggle, despite her mother's panic. "We should do nothing."
Lana was shocked, "We can't possibly do nothing! This is an emergency?"
"No, don't you see? You asked for this, last night. Don't you remember? Your wish!" Lana looked up in her daughter in confusion. "You said that wished that you could live in my shoes last night, so the universe provided you a way." Lana turned to the floor in consideration.
"W-what? Could that really be the reason she shrank?" Lana felt so confused, "Is this the universe giving me a sign?" Glancing back up at her tall daughter, Lana's views began to turn. "Maybe this is my chance. A chance to really bond with her daughter like she has never done before, by experiencing the world through her footsteps." Lana's worry turned to hope. "Besides, if my daughter, short as she may be, could survive and thrive in this cruel world. Then I don't see why I can't as well!"
"Well, mom, are you okay?" Alice spoke with care.
"Yes, I'm fine Alice. More than fine really." Lana began to grow in confidence. "You're right, the universe has given me a gift and I shouldn't squander it by panicking. If I'm going to live in your shoes than we might as well spend some much needed time together while we're at it. Just you and me, quality mother and daughter time!" Alice couldn't believe what she was hearing, her plan was working! This is what she's been wanting all along and now it's really coming true.
Alice squealed in glee, "That's amazing mom! I can't wait to spend today with you, we're going to have so much fun." Alice reached down to give her mother a big hug. "I love you mom."
"Aw, I love you too." Lana couldn't help but blush in Alice's large embrace.
"But, Mom if were going to spend the day together, you might wanna put on some clothes." As their hug ended, Lana looked down in shock. Alice was right! She was butt naked and didn't even realize it till now.
"Ah! I'll be right back!" Lana felt much embarrassment as she ran back into bedroom, though Alice couldn't help but laugh at the situation.