Shasta blinked. He purred and ambled up to his new owners. He went up to his former seat and sat down on all fours.
"Well folks, it looks like I'm out of time. I hope you had fun, and if you see Shasta, he likes to be petted. See you later!"
Mesmero exited stage left to thunderous applause. The audience wondered how long John would remain under his spell.
Meanwhile, John's family had different reactions to his mental transformation. Susan just wanted her husband to snap out of it; she was embarrassed enough already. Ben, on the other hand, was busy thinking of ways to make his dad act stupid. He wondered if there ways to trigger John's new instincts. Emily just thought her dad was cute, and wanted to scratch him behind the ears.
"Honey," interrupted Susan, "you can snap out of it now."
Shasta replied...