Before Jeff is able to decide, he hears a knock on the front door, “MAX… JANE… COULD ONE OF YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE DOOR,” he calls out to his 8-year-old brother and 12-year-old sister, “I’M BUSY!”
“BUSY,” he hears both call back, Jeff grumbles, knowing arguing won’t do much good.
“FINE,” he shouts, “I’LL GET IT!”
Grumbling, Jeff heads downstairs and opens the door, his eyes widen in surprise when he sees who it is.
“Hey, Jeff,” his aunt Patty, who is his mother’s older and rich sister, rich, because she owns a large farm that produces everything from Eggs, to Milk, to Meat and sells it to the public.
“Aunt Patty,” Jeff asks in surprise, “what are you doing here?”
Patty chuckles at Jeff’s surprise, “I was in the neighborhood and decided to drop by and say “hello”. Is your mother home?”
Jeff steps aside to let his aunt in, “no, she is still at work, and won’t be home for at least four hours,” he says.
“I see,” Patty says, “that’s a shame, I can’t wait that long”.
“Is there something you’d like me to pass on,” Jeff asks.
Patty nods, “I had a thought,” she starts, “since you and your siblings have summer vacation, starting next week, and you haven’t been to my farm for so long. I wanted to ask if all of you would like to spend two to three weeks on the farm? I know that you really enjoy it there”.
Jeff’s eyes light up, he really enjoyed being on the farm, helping out with the animals, ‘I could take the Chronivac with me. I bet I can have a lot of fun with it on her farm,’ he thinks to himself, ‘or… maybe I could experience what it’s like being an animal, like a horse!’
Patty senses that Jeff is on one side excited, but on the other he seems to be thinking about something, “something on your mind Jeff?”
Jeff looks at his aunt, ‘should I tell her,’ he asks himself, ‘Patty is no fool, she’ll figure it out eventually. I think I can trust her, I don’t think she’ll do anything without asking me first’. The teen inhales deeply, “I’d love to come and spend some time on your farm, and I know Max and Jane would say the same thing,” he says.
Patty smiles, “I’m happy to hear that,” she says, “if you like, you’re welcome to come with me now, I’ll send your mom a text to let her know and meet you there”.
“Sure, but… I’d like to show you something,” Jeff says.
“Oh?”
Jeff nods, “follow me to my room and I’ll explain,” he says, so the two head to Jeff’s room.
Before they enter Jeff’s room Jeff tells Jane and Max to join them and all four of them enter Jeff’s room.
Jeff sits down in front of his desk while the other sit on his bed, he then explains everything to them, “so, what do you guys say,” he asks, excitement in his voice.
Max, Patty and Jane look confused, “are you sure that this program is able to do such a thing,” Max asks.
“I haven’t tried it out yet,” Jeff admits, “so, what better way to try it out than to become a farm animal for three weeks?”
“Well,” Jane says, “I wouldn’t mind being an animal for a while. This human-life is kinda stressful”.
“Yeah, I always wanted to be a dog,” Max says, “sleep, play and eat all day long! No school! Best life ever!”
Patty and Jeff actually chuckle at this, “same with me,” Jeff says, “I too could use a “break” of this whole human “thing”. I was thinking becoming a horse to help you with the cattle or plough the fields”.
Their aunt thinks for a while, she then smiles, “actually,” she says, “that’ll be great, especially since one of our horses has hurt its leg and will be unable to work four a whole month. It isn’t easy to find a replacement, but with you being a horse for three weeks would give us more time finding a perfect horse”.
Jeff smiles, he then turns to his sister, “what animal would you like to be,” he asks.
Jane tilts her head, “maybe a cat, since I love cats,” she says, “but I’d be fine with any animal to be honest”.
Patty looks at Jeff, “so, how should this work?”
“I could transfer the program onto my Tablet, scan myself, Max and Jane, set up the transformations and have the transformations start when we arrive at the farm,” Jeff says.
“It’s a two hours drive,” Patty says.
Jeff nods, “I know,” he says, “so I’d set a timer for three hours and start the countdown once we sit in your car and you have started driving. If anything happens, like a traffic jam, I can stop or change the timer to prevent us three from transforming in your car. Once we arrive on the farm, we’d have enough time to get to where we “belong”, for me that would be the stables, and strip out of our clothes”.
“Or after you have transferred the program over to your Tablet,” Patty says, “and after you scanned Max, Jane and yourself, we’ll drive to my farm and once there you’ll set up the transformations. That’ll also give you the opportunity to decide what animal you want to become, in case you were to change your minds”.
“Hm,” Jeff says, “that option does sound like the best one,” he says.
Jane and Max agree, so Jeff hooks his tablet to his laptop and transfers the program over, he then activates the scanner and soon all three of them are scanned.
Patty smiles, “ready to go,” she asks, actually sounding excited herself.
“You bet we are,” they all say, soon all are sitting in Patty’s SUV and are on their way to the farm.