The next day before school started, Jon met up with Karyn at their usual meeting spot, the wall where he first showed her the wishing stone.
"Did you bring it?" she asked.
"Of course, I did," Jon answered, pulling the stone out of his pocket. "Did you figure out a way to fix yourself?"
Karyn sighed. "No. And I was up all night, too. What about you?"
"No, I didn't think of anything either. You'd think that my grandfather would give me more than just that stupid letter. I mean, he must have known that something like this would happen, right?"
"Maybe he didn't have a problem with it," Karyn said.
"I doubt that."
"Hey, maybe you could wish up a manual," Karyn suggested.
"Actually, that's not a bad idea," Jon said.
"But maybe you should make easy to read. It'll probably end up being a 100-page book or something."
Jon nodded. "I wish that I had a short and ... ugh ..."
"Jon? Are you okay? Jon?"
Suddenly, Jon felt as if he was getting smaller. No, shorter. He ended up stopping at a height of four feet! Then he started to have a hard time thinking, like he had cobwebs in his head. And then after that, he felt ... evil? He leered at Karyn, as he thought about some nasty things he'd like to do to her.
"Jon, what happened to you?" Karyn asked, looking at the midget who used to be Jon.
