As he walked towards the food court, Jim saw a very fat girl about a year younger than him walking out of the food court with her mother.
“But I’m still hungry,” she said to her mother.
“I’m sorry, Honey,” said her mother in an apologetic voice. “But, you have to watch what you eat if you are going to loose weight. You’ve already lost a few pounds.”
“I know,” said the girl. “I’ve been doing my exercises and eating less, but I still feel hungry all the time. I wish I could just have some French fries.” She frowned.
Jim took pity on her. He figured that it had to be hell for her at school, being that big. He could only imagine how the other kids must pick on her.
Hiding behind a pillar, Jim blew a few breaths into the balloon and said, “Control that fat girl’s weight.” He allowed the air to slowly slip out and watched as the girl’s body deflated with the balloon. He clothes soon appeared looser and looser on her dwindling body, as her fat waist narrowed. Then, the girl let out a little yelp as her pants suddenly dropped to the ground. Jim stopped the air from escaping the balloon.
The mother looked over at her blushing daughter as the girl pulled up her now too large pants.
“What happened?” asked the mother.
“I don’t know,” said the girl. “My clothes feel really loose all of the sudden. These pants don’t seem to fit me anymore.”
“See, Sweetie,” said her smiling mother, “I told you that you’ve been loosing weight.”
She examined her daughter’s body. It would be hard to call her fat now. At worst, she was just a bit chubby.
“Wow,” said the mother, “I hadn’t realized until now just how much weight you’ve lost. This is great! We’re going to have to buy you some new clothes. Come on.”
The girl smiled and walked off towards a clothing store holding her mother’s hand in one hand and the waist of her big pants in the other.
“Can we get a little ice cream before we go home? Just a little bit, you know… to celebrate?” asked the girl.
“I suppose one scoop won’t hurt,” said her mother. The girl actually jumped for joy and nearly dropped her pants.
Jim just smiled, happy to have done a good deed. “Release,” he said and let the remaining air out of the balloon. Although he was happy to have helped her, he felt that she should loose the rest of the weight by herself. And, anyway, it would be too suspicious if she suddenly lost 20 pounds in a single day.
“What next?” Jim wondered to himself.