The 18-year-old freshman college student managed to crawl on
all fours
to escape the confines of his sweatshirt, which was emblazoned
with
the letters STATE UNIVERSITY, each boldly colored letter only
slightly less than the length of his body.
Don, scurrying away from the heap of clothes, found sure footing
on
the tile floor as he stood and looked up at the grungy underside
of
the sink basin. A large section of pipe rose from the floor and
disappeared into the mildew-encrusted underside of the basin.
Don
marveled at the width of the slightly rusted pipe, which was wider
than his body.
He absently scratched at his rakish goatee and then moved his
hand to
scratch his brown hair. "What the hell is going on?" Don said
aloud.
His piping voice frightened him as the immensity of
the restroom swallowed up the sound.
And then he saw the giant come in the door.
•••••••
"Paul?" Chris called. "Man, are you in here?"
His whispered question seemed overly loud in the empty
restroom. Chris decided that he was wasting his time...until he
saw the heap of clothes on the floor. Sweatshirt. Jeans. Boxer
shorts. Shoes.
"What in the hell?" Chris looked down at the untidy assortment of
clothes. He saw something disappear beneath the checked
boxers.
•••••••
Don took one look at the giant, screamed and dived back
beneath the concealment of his now-huge clothing.
It's Chris! It's Chris. His brain recognized his friend, but seeing
him in the form of a giant, towering some 70 feet tall, freaked him
out.
He tried to burrow deeper, hoping to hide until this nightmare
was over.
•••••••
Chris reached down and took the boxers in his hand. He lifted
them into the air. Looking down again, he gasped. Sprawled on
top of a sweatshirt was a tiny, naked man.
Chris looked closer. "Don?"
•••••••
The darkness was ripped away, leaving Don exposed in the
open. He looked up and saw his huge friend staring at him. "No!
Don't hurt me!"
Chris reached out and, ignoring Don's futile attempts to evade
him, took him into his grasp.
He lifted Don toward his face. "You've shrunk!" Chris exclaimed.
"How?"