Grownup Jim looks at the inflated balloon in his hand. He then decided to revert back to his 12 year old self again.
Without a second thought, he slowly let air seep out of the balloon.
At first, the changes were hardly noticeable. Jim felt as though he were gradually sitting down, as everything around him was rising higher.
His grownup bod began to shrink and change, hair and all, as he regressed younger and younger,
He regressed to 20 years, then to 18, then to 12 years old.
He glanced at his reflection in the mirror. He was now 12 years old again. And, even better, his clothes were back to normal, as if they’d never split to begin with!
he thought of having fun with the balloon again, but now, he knew when to stop sometimes.
“Jim, time for Dinner!" called Ruthie, his mom, from downstairs.
Jim put the balloon away in his drawer, and headed downstairs.
at dinner, Jim half listened to his parents make small talk about about his day as he ate his dinner.
He was thinking about how cool it would be to use the balloon on them for a change.