The girls arrived at Chastity's house. It was her father's day off and he was in his usual spot in front of the television.
"Hi, Daddy," said Chastity, who walked up to him and give him a kiss on the forehead. "Three Stooges day?"
"Yeah," said her father. He muted the TV. "How was the mall today."
"It was okay, but there was this guy there who was totally clueless!"
"Yeah!" chimed in April. "He was wearing suspenders and a cartoon T-shirt?"
"What's wrong with that?" asked Chastity's dad. "I wear one every now and then."
"Yeah, but, this guy was HAIRY! He was like a gorilla!"
"And he was FAT!" said Diane. "A real pig!"
"No!" said Bets. "He was a horse! A Clydesdale!"
"No! A hippopotamus!" said Chastity.
"Ouch!" said her dad. "That's getting mean! You shouldn't talk that way about people."
"Oh, Daddy! Everyone does it!"
The girls walked back to Chastity's room and began going through her new issue of SEVENTEEN, talking about fashions and hairdos. Chastity's dad had turned the sound back on the TV. A moment later, the girls heard him guffaw at something Moe did.
"What does your dad see in The Stooges?" asked Bets. "They are, like so whhiinnneeeyyyyy!!!"
"So what?" said Diane. "What's with the SNORT! GRUNT!"
April stared at the other two girls in amazement. She tried to ask what they thought they were doing, but the only sounds that came out of her mouth were "Ooo, ooo, ooo!"
Chastity paid no attention. She was too scared. She had felt her pants rips suddenly. She looked behind herself and saw a short, grey tail hanging above her bottom. What was worth, her skin was turning gray. In fact, it was turning into -- a hide of some kind. And, as she watched, she felt her face suddenly become unbelievably heavy. She tried to open the door to yell for her father, but she didn't have hands any more!
In the living room, Chastity's dad was enjoying watching Curly butt heads with a bull, when there was the sound of loud crashings coming from down the hall, ending with one VERY loud noise of breaking wood. He jumped from the chair, about to give Chastity and her friends what for, when he looked in the hall.
There was a hippopotamus standing there, on top of the door it had just broken down. Peaking out of the doorway behind it was a large gorilla.
He couldn't see the sow or the Clydesdale horse in his daughter's room. None of the girls' clothes had survived the change.
"Holy ... !" said her father. He ran into the den and came back with his rifle.
Daddy! thought the hippo. Don't shoot! It's me, your baby! Daddy!