Jack decided to try growing his footwear back to normal.
'If the small bowl made them shrink.' Jack mused, 'maybe it could make them bigger.'
So he picked up his wellies, and ran them under the runoff from the big bowl on the fountain.
then, he watched, and waited.
nothing seemed to happen... at first.
but then.
YES.
Jack witnessed his wellington boots grow.
They grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, till they were back to their normal size.
"Now, for my socks." said Jack.
he picked up his tiny socks, dunked them into the big bowl, and wrung them both dry, and then, almost as quickly as they'd shrunk, they grew.
They grew, and grew, and grew, and grew, till they were back to their normal size.
Jack, satisfied, put his socks and boots back on, then got up and went back into his house.
That evening, as he sat watching tv, he thought about the fountain.
'if it shrinks footwear,' he thought, 'could it shrink my other clothing?'
'OR', he thought, 'could i use it to shrink myself?'
he decided that the next day, he would try it again.