Mr. Mendes scratched the back of his head, confused. His huge, muscular arm tore the sleeve of his T-shirt a little bit. He didn't seem to quite realize what had happened to him.
"Oh... sorry, boys, I... uh, these shorts are no good. Let me find some that fit."
He turned around quickly and headed back to his room. Josh giggled at Mr. Mendes's bare hind butt as Mr. Mendes trotted away.
Ric picked his jaw up off the floor. "Whoa, it really did work!"
"It sure did!" Josh agreed. "But... why'd you do that to him?"
Ric shrugged. "I dunno. I just always though centaurs were cool."
"But he's not a centaur!"
"I know, silly, but it's the closest spell I found so far!"