The following afternoon the team arrived for warm up practice and their pre game peptalk. The locker room was abuzz with male banter. The guys began suitin up when the three furball entered.
"Hey guys!", Sam boisterously shouted. The team members looked up recognizing the voice of their team captain but what they saw totally surprised them. There in front of them was a tall mass of red fur standing beside a mass of brown fur and a mass of black fur.
"Sam? Is that you?" a puzzled player asked.
"Yup, every hair. And this is Drake and Darren. We're the new mascots.
"Does Coach know?" piped up a second player.
"Yup. And it turns out he's O.K. with it."
"But if you'r a mascot, how are you goona play?" inquired a third.
"I'm not. Hy Nick," Sam taped a tall thin african american player on the shoulder, "Looks like you're the team captain now."
The team sat for a moment in amazement. They had never seen one let alone three men this large and hairy before.
"What happened? How'd you get so..you know. like that." Nick hesitatingly asked.
"It's all my fault" Drake intrejected. "Last night, Sam, Darren and I were practicing my moves for the game today. It was hot and I had made a thermos of ice tea. Turns out I used tea from a Chinese Apothocary by mistake. The tea has a strange side affect. It makes people hairy."
"Do you have anymore of that tea?" laughed a broad shouldered player.
"Just imagine the faces on the other team, if we show up all hairy like."
"Yeah, an entire team of wild men."
Sam whispered into Drakes ear," How about it? They don't have to be as hairy as us, just somewhat hairy."
Drake thought for a moment and conferres with Darren.
"I don't see why not. Could be fun to see Coaches expression when the team steps out for practice."
Drake excused himslef and retire to the shower stall. he opened his bag and removed the lamp. With a few short rubs the genie appeared to once again do Drakes budding.
"Genie, I wish the basketball team to be moderately hairy, not too much because they need to be able to play. Make it happen in ten minutes from noe. In the mean time Give a termos filled with tea."
The genie blinked, the wish was granted. He dissappeared. Drake returned to the changing area thermos in hand".
"Well, men, seems I have god news. Turns out I still have some of thet tea left. If yeach of you takes a small sip we can have a team of wild men."
The guys lined up and one by one took a sip of the tea.
"You might want to remove your Jerseys" Darren said remembering his transformation. "You'll want to see yourself getting hairy."
The team members remover their shirts revealing theit lean hard hairless chests. Within moments the tingeling began. Hair sprouted outwards and upwards from their stomaches accross thier chests, down their backs, arms, and legs. Their hair grew shoulder lenght and thir beards cascaded to mid chest. What was once a sleek hairless team had transformed into rugged masculine team of wild men."
"Holy cow! Get a load of us!" Nick shouted in wonder and amazement." Bet their isn't another team as hairy as us.
"If you play ball half as good as you look. there will be no beating you", Darren encouraged.
"Three cheers for the wild men" the team shouted,as they headed out for practice.