The Incredible Shrinking Kids

Seth dug out an extra vial of shrinking potion. "At the same time?" he asked.


"Drink yours first," Kendra said.


Seth unstopped the vial and downed the contents.


"Tingly," he said. His eyes widened. "Really tingly!"


His clothes suddenly looked very loose. He looked up at Kendra, craning his neck at his much taller sister. He sat down on the ground. His feet slipped easily out of his oversized shoes as his legs shortened. His head sank into his collar.


The shrinking accelerated, and he seemed to disappear.


"Seth?" Kendra asked.


"I'm in here," answered a chipmunk version of his voice.


"Could you give me a hankie?"


Kendra placed a handkerchief into the shirt. A moment later Seth emerged, the handkerchief wrapped around his waist like a towel and dragging behind him. He looked up. "Now you really are my big sister, he shouted. Sprinkle some on my clothes."

Removing the stopper from another vial, Kendra sprinkled the contents over Seth's clothes. They waited, but there was no reaction. "Looks like we'll have to save the day wearing handkerchiefs," Kendra sighed.

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Kendra unstopped a third vial and drank it. Seth was right, it made her tingle. It felt like her limbs were on pins and needles, as if they had fallen asleep and now feeling was returning most uncomfortably. As she shrank, the tingling sensation intensified. Whenever Seth knew her leg had been asleep, he always tried to poke the tingly limb. It drove her crazy. This was much worse, stinging tingles starting at her fingertips and toes and racing through her whole body.


Before Kendra fully recognized what was happening, her shirt was all around her like a collapsed tent. She crawled to an opening through one of her sleeves. "Close your eyes," Seth, she called, noticing how high and squeaky her voice sounded.

"They're closed," he said. "I don't want nightmares.

Chapter 15