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Something Old, Something New

The change begins in your hands. Your already stubby fingers shorten and thicken until your hand is no longer a hand but a foot--a hippo's front foot!

"Albert!" you shriek. "I'm reverting!"

"Don't panic," Albert advises. "Just ride it out."

Your arms and legs begin to shorten, and your torso lengthens and expands. The bed creaks loudly and then collapses beneath your growing bulk. The floor beams creak also but don't give way; your landlord had the foresight to have them reinforced.

In less than a minute you transform from a hippo morph to a standard, four-legged hippo--but with a difference: you have retained your rock-solid muscular build. Where a normal hippo's belly would be flabby, yours is hard and flat. Throughout your chest, shoulders, and hindquarters, huge muscles ripple and bulge. You're definitely a hippo--but like no hippo the world has ever seen.

Somehow, Albert keeps his wits about him. "Can...can you still talk?" the gator asks.


Written by Funny Animal

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