You watch the boys carefully, curiously, wondering just what is going on. You put one of the cigars in your mouth and feel the smoothness of the donkey lighter in your fingers. The boys share a lighter taking long drags from their cigarettes.
You light your cigar and watch the boys continue to laugh as they smoke. The one spots you staring and gives you a “what’s up” nod. You nod back taking a long drag on the cigarette with a smile. The one boy leans back against a wall and slips off his shoes, relaxing. His socks look tight on his feet, but they don’t look like the right shape. His toes are very wide and thick, and it looks like his foot is growing longer.
The other boy has something that starts dangling around his leg. It slithers down out of his shorts and onto the ground between his legs. It’s a tail, covered in brown fur and capped with a thick tassel.
You snicker to yourself taking another puff on the cigar.