"You will become 'Big Buddy Bear'" said the instructor. "We even have a set of extra large clothes for you"
"Oh..OK." I replied. At least it was a mammal. "When are you transforming me?"
"No time like the present." replied the instructor "Just remove your socks and shorts and lie down an this trolley." I did so and I was strapped down and injected with something. "You'll be out for the duration of your transformation." the instructor added "When you wake up, you'll be Big Buddy".
And so my last waking moments slipped away. I knew as I drifted off that it was the last time I would be human for quite a while...