"Callie got her fairy friends to turn me into a seal, and then a donkey!"

"Oh, did she?" asked Mrs. Benson, who had a hard time believing what her son was telling her.

"It's true! We were playing in the pool! All I did was splash her a bit and she went berserk! She really can't take a joke! So, she got all whiny and ordered the fairies to turn me into a seal! Then they all laughed at me! And then-

"Mom, that's not quite what happened," said Callie, now wearing her clothes, who was standing at the entrance to the kitchen with her hand pressed against the wall.

"Gabe claims that you got some fairies to turn him into a seal."

"It's true!" added Gabe, "I'm not making this up!"

"Gabe, the fairies did that without my influence!"

"And what about the donkey?"