"I'll try your muscle smoothie..." the boy said to the man.
"Alright..." the sales man replied. "That'll be twenty-eights cents!"
The boy reached down in his pocket and pulled out a quarter.
"But, the sign says a smoothie only costs twenty-five cents!" he protested.
"Yes, but you have to pay the sales tax!"
"Oh..."
"I guess I don't have enough money to buy it, then... Oh well..." the boy said in a sad tone of voice, as he slowly turned around and began to walk out the door.
"Wait!" the man behind the counter said.
He reached into a little glass cup on the counter, which was filled with pennies. He pulled out three pennies, and placed them on the counter.
"There you go..."
The boy stared at him for a moment in disbelief.
Then, the man grabbed a muscle smoothie out of the freezer and removed the lid, and placed it on the counter as well.
The boy then placed his quarter on the counter, he took the smoothie and glanced at the man with a wide grin.
"Thanks..."
The boy, whose name was Jay, placed the straw between his lips, and began to drink. After a few moments, he was done, and he tossed the cup in the trash can by the door.
"Ahh... That tasted good..."
"Glad to hear that, my young friend..." the man said.
The boy then started to walk out the door when he froze.
Suddenly, he was overcome by an intense tingling feeling in all his muscles in his body! His biceps grew an inch or so, his pectorals inflated slightly, and his abdominals started to surface on his flat stomach.
"Whoa! I-I feel strong!" the boy gasped, as he made a fist and flexed, revealing a mighty ball of muscle on his arm.
Next, his quads grew wider and his calves thickened dramatically. He added an additional 15 pounds of muscle to his body, just in a matter of seconds!
"There... You're a muscle boy now!" the man said.
"I may come back later to buy another one..." the boy said, as he walked out.
He decided to walk home and ask his mom for another quarter...