Archie stared AT HIS BARE FEET, AS HIS WET TOES WRIGGLED AND FLEXED LIKE WORMS.
Suddenly, his feet became webbed!
He stared with a mixture of fascination and disbelief as his feet began to change before his eyes. They lengthened, and webbing grew between his toes. It was soft, cold, and gelatinous. He also watched in surprise as his toenails popped off his toes, and vanished into the pond where they fell. As the webbing grew, the skin there began to change colour, fading to a pale aqua, as shimmering slimy scales began to grow over his changing feet.
Archie was shocked, but amazed. "I must be the very first man in the world to have webbed feet!" he said.
Attention quickly shifted to his hands, the fingers beginning to develop the same translucent, gelatinous webbing between them. And, like his toenails, his fingernails popped off his fingers and thumbs, and and vanished into the pond where they fell. The skin turned a similar shade of pale bluegreen, as scales grew there too.
"Now my hands are webbed!" Archie exclaimed.
Indseed they were.