“Oh come on guys, quit messing around with my endowment, will you? I have to baby-sit one of our neighbor’s kids tonight, and I can’t do it like this!” Dustin complained, as soon as he felt his endowment stretch when Ty and Peter walked in the house.
“You’re going to be a babysitter? Hmmm…” Ty thought out loud. He thought that would be a great way to earn some extra money and to have some fun with it at the same time. “Who do you have to baby sit?” Ty asked Dustin.
“I have to watch Toby, the little guy who lives a few streets down the road from us. He’s about 7 years old, I think. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are going to the movies, and they had asked me to watch him! You guys want to join me? They’re paying me 10 Dollars per hour for this…” Dustin explained. Immediately Ty and Dustin were interested.
“YES!! We’ll split the loot three-ways, right?” Peter suggested. Dustin really didn’t need the money, so he figured he would let Ty and Dustin join him.
“But ONE thing… Don’t use any magic on him, okay?” Dustin warned.
Peter and Ty just looked at each other and grinned. Peter quickly wished for Dustin to return back to normal. He’s had enough fun with Dustin, and he figured that he would have plenty other opportunities to use his powers on him. Ty was reading his mind and silently told him he agreed.
They arrived at the house twenty minutes later. The parents walked out the door as soon as they saw Dustin pulling up the driveway. Dustin introduced the couple to Ty and Peter, and they then left him a cell phone number to call just in case of an emergency.
Toby was a happy 7 year-old boy. He was watching TV when they came, and the four of them spent a few minutes in front of the TV set. There were plenty of snacks in the kitchen, and there were several bottles of soda on the cabinets as well.
After a few minutes, Toby turned towards Dustin.
“Hey Dustin, can we play a game?” the little boy asked him.
“Sure, Toby. We have another hour before you need to go to bed. What do you want to play?” Dustin replied.
“Simon Says!” Toby shouted out loud. Dustin, Peter and Ty agreed to play along, and the three sat next to each other, with Dustin in the middle. Toby sat before them and was facing them.
“Simon says raise you hands!” Toby said. The three raised their hands above their heads.
“Simon says lower your hands again!” and they lowered them. Immediately Ty and Peter got an idea, as they both looked at each other and smiled.
“Simon says stand up!” And the three stood up. Then Ty got up and walked up to Toby. He squatted down besides the boy and whispered something in his ear.
“What? But that is impossible!” Toby replied, giving Ty a look of disbelief. Ty just smiled back.
“Just try it, Toby! Trust me, it works!” Ty replied, as he stood back in line between Peter and Dustin. Ty then turned to Peter and sent him a telepathic message. “Just follow my lead and do whatever he says” he told his cousin. “I’ll take care of Dustin; you just change into whatever Toby says and make him think we have to obey him!”
“Simon says grow up to the ceiling!” Toby said. Suddenly Ty and Dustin began to grow taller and taller, while their clothing grew in proportion as well, so that they wouldn’t rip them. Peter followed their lead and used his own powers to make himself grow as well. Within a few moments, Ty, Peter and Dustin were so tall, that their hair could touch the ceiling!
Toby gasped out of astonishment when he saw how big the three had become.
“Wow! You guys grew really tall!” he said, as the little boy’s jaw dropped wide open.
“Isn’t it cool, Toby? You didn’t know you could do that, huh?” Ty said, looking down at the little boy.
“So, what do you want us to do next?” Peter asked the 7 year-old boy.
“Simon says grow back to normal!” Toby said. The three guys slowly began to shrink back to their normal heights. “You guys are the best babysitters I have ever had!”
“Alright, Toby! What’s next?” Ty asked the little boy, who was still in shock.