"H O R S...One more letter,"grins Rob, "Then I win and get to be as big as you. Rob shoots and misses.
Ty smiles and says, "One more letter." He shoots Rob bites his lip, and watches as the ball skates around the rim, then drops through the hoop. Ty is watching Rob, and as Rob's face falls, so does Rob's size.
"Fifty pounds, 5 inches."
Rob watches the basket ball as it seems to jump in mid air, as he suddenly he is 5 inches shorter. His shorts drop to his ankles, and his now oversize tank top slides off one shoulder, and hangs down to his knees. Ty swoops up the basket ball, and plunges it into Rob's stomach. Rob instinctively grabs it.
Ty pulls up Rob's shorts, and holding them up walks Rob back to the lockerroom.
"I've got a change of old clothes that will fit you better, and maybe I'll think of a way you could earn or win back a little size."
Rob looks up into Ty's face. His eyes are filled with hope and desperation.