Jon flushed the toilet, washed his hands, then left the bathroom to go back to his bedroom. There was still nothing out of the ordinary. He was beginning to think that maybe his wish didn't do anything too drastic or noticeable, when suddenly he heard a scream from downstairs. The scream sounded odd, like it came from someone he didn't recognize. But, of course, he was all the way upstairs. A scream probably sounded different after it traveled that far, right?
Well, whatever. The point was, Jon heard the scream and rushed downstairs to see what had happened. It didn't even occur to him that what happened might have something to do with his wish ... not until he saw the two people downstairs, that was.
There was a mid-thirties man dressed in a T-shirt and boxer shorts, and a little girl (who looked to be Mikey's age) dressed in pink pajamas. They both looked at each other in complete shock.
"What's going on here?" Jon said. "Who are you two? What are you doing in my house?" he demanded.
The man turned towards him and said "Jon. It's me. Your mother."
"And I'm Mikey," the girl said. "I don't wanna be a girl. Girls have cooties."
It took Jon a moment to realize that maybe this is what his wish did. If so, he wasn't sure he could undo it, since wishes couldn't be reversed. But on the other hand, he didn't specify that he wanted this to happen. Maybe if he was clever, he could word a wish that wouldn't be a contradiction.
