... a green toon raccoon. All he wore was a black neck tie, but his thick fur covered everything.
He stood at 1' 7" (1' 10" if you included the ears), and he was plump, not too fat - just "fat enough".
"Thanks, sweety!" Tom's dad said to Tom's mom with a big smile "That's just what the doctor ordered!"
"Oh, anything for you, handsome." she said as she gave him a quick smooch on the cheek "Here, let me straighten your tie." and she did so.
"Wow," Tom said "You guys are toons - this is so cool!"
"It's all thanks to you, kiddo!" his dad said with a big smile "Thanks a million for this - being my boring old human self was weighing me down,
but now I'm free to be me - the REAL me!"
"Same here," his mom said smiling "and it won't be long now before it's YOUR turn! I bet you love having parents shorter than you, huh?"
"Yeah," Tom said "it's fun, and funny!" he bent down to hug them both "I love you guys." "And we love you too, Tom." his mom said.
"Heh, I just thought of something," Tom's dad said "wouldn't it be a riot if your inner toon wound up being really big since we're so small?"
"Oh yes," his mom said giggling at the thought of it "I'd love it if, for example, you turned into a big, toon elephant - then you could walk
around with each of us on your shoulders - it would be soooo funny!"
"Yeah," said Tom with a smile " it WOULD be funny!"
So they finished lunch, and walked off holing hands - Tom's mom holding his left hand, and his dad holding his right.
They made a very odd sight.
Just then.....