"We both want to be whitefaces," Sally told the owner.
"Very good," said the fat bearded old man. "Come back two days from now, and I'll have the costumes ready and the makeovers scheduled.
*****
Dan and Sally came back two days later. The old man greeted them, and led the couple to a doorway behind the counter.
They stepped inside a small room. Standing beside two chairs were a plump old woman who could have been Mrs. Claus in a sweater and jeans, and a rather young woman who looked like Christina Acquilara. "Since there are two of you, my wife will be assisted by our granddaughter," said the old man, who then walked out.
Dan and Sally sat down in the chairs. The old woman went to work on Dan while her granddaughter worked on Sally.
First they covered the couple's faces, including the ears and neck, in white greasepaint. Then they got to work on their eyes. The old woman painted orange patches around the hollows of Dan's that nearly reached up to his hairline, while the girl painted blue diamonds around Sally's. Next they painted red silly red clown mouths over Dan and Sally's lips; his reached down to his chin and stretched from ear to ear while hers was smaller and daintier. They then rouged their cheeks, Dan's a bright red and Sally's a soft pink. Finally both of them had the ends of their noses painted red.
"Jeanie, could you get the nose and feet graphers while I work on their hair?" the old woman asked. Jeanie nodded, and walked out the room.
While she was gone, the old woman picked up a hairbrush and first brushed Dan's hair, then Sally's. Both of their hair changed, becoming thick and cury, until they both had bushy afros. The old woman then picked up two cans of hairspray, and sprayed. Dan's new hairstyle became green with orange highlights; Sally's a bright red.
Jeanie came back, wheeling a strange looking device before her. The the old woman removed Dan and Sally's shoes and socks, and placed their feet into what looked like metal shoeboxes that she then connected to the device, while Jeannie inserted two cables also conneted into the left nostrils of Dan and Sally's red noses.
"Just close your eyes and sit back; it will be over in a minute." The couple did. A 'click' sounded, and Dan and Sally both felt strange, pleasant sensations going through their bodies.
The sensations stopped; Dan and Sally felt the cables being takin from their noses. They opened their eyes, and saw that both their noses had inflated into round balls; Dan's the size of a plum, Sally's a golf ball. They also had ridiculous clown feet; Dan's were longer but Sally had wider toes.
Dan and Sally looked at each other, for several seconds unable to say anything Then they laughed.
They both looked SOOOO funny.