“Let me guess, you’re getting hooves?”
“HEEEEE-HAWWW!”I bring my stiffening hands to my mouth. The center fingers on both hands expanded more, merging with the other fingers. My nails consumed my hands, turning them into two stiff gray masses.
“Your feet have changed also.” Roddy said. “How do you feel?”
“Like...like an animal.” I say earnestly. Roddy cocked his head.
“What was that?” asked Roddy.
“What was what?” I ask curiously, cocking my own head in a very equine fashion. Roddy snorted.
“Sakura I can’t understand you. Do you think you’re speaking English?”
I make a conscious effort. “Understand now?” Roddy scratched his head.
“Barely.” Roddy said. “You’re starting to break into brays.”
I giggle. “Sorry.I guess I have to think about English to talk it not...how do I sound?”
“Very hoarse.” Roddy said.“I can barely understand you.”
Suddenly I blank. “Getting hard to think….”I say. Roddy had now started to cut my bra off.
“Well just do what comes naturally.”
“I...I want to be on four legs. Like a donkey...like a dumb animal!” I say shakily. Roddy took a step back and gestured at the ground.
“Then be a dumb animal.”
I nod and slowly lower myself to my hands and knees. Except getting off a couch when your center of mass is changing isn’t easy. I flipped instead and landed on the flour with a loud CLOP!
“I’ve got a donkey in my living room.” Roddy said. “This is utterly insane.”
I look down at the dull hooves that had replaced my hands. “I feel...so stupid! Look at me! I’m a beast of burden!”
“Well at least you can still talk.” Roddy said, triggering dramatic irony.
“Being on all fours makes me want to...to…..AWW-HEEEEEE-HAWWWWW!!!!!!!” My mouth jerked forward. Roddy took a step back.
“Sakura!”
“HEEEEE-HAWWWW!” My nose expanded to massive size, completely consuming my upper lip. My mouth flowed out into a broad muzzle, perfect for an equine. A donkey. I am a donkey.
Roddy came over slowly and touched my neck, “You still with me Sakura?”
I look at my owner with a goofy smile. My eyes burned slightly but I couldn’t see why. Roddy could though. “You have brown...no almost black eyes. Wow.”
I cock my head at my owner. I can’t understand human words, what is he trying to tell me. “Heee-haw???” I bray in confusion.
“I suppose you want out.”Roddy sighed and gestured. “Please follow me.” He walked over to the back door and opened it.
I clopped through my owner’s house and out the back door. Why was I in there? I should always be outside.
“Have fun Sakura.” Roddy mumbled. “You earned it I guess.”
I look at my owner in confusion. This wasn’t my pasture. My owner walked ahead, over to the fence separating me from my pasture. He opened it up and ushered me inside.
I trotted in and brayed contentedly when I heard the gate shut behind me. Another bray echoed through the pasture. I looked up.
Rocky, my owner’s donkey and now my jack brayed at me. He slowly trotted over and pressed his muzzle against mine. I snorted in his nose, a happy greeting. I was a very lucky Jenny indeed!