We Can Do It

When Jordan, the daughter of Mike Hartman, came up with a fundraising

event for the school band on the same weekend she came down with the

mumps, she was devastated.  The band meant the world to her, and she

felt like missing the car wash was like letting her band and her friends

down.  And that was something she just couldn't stand to do.

In desperation, she turned to her father.  Mike Hartman was an inventor

and a scientist, and Jordan knew he had been working on a body-double

device in his lab.  She had even seen him use the device to turn a mouse

into a beagle, and back, just a few weeks ago.  And that gave her an idea.

"Daddy," asked Jordan, "will you please help me?  Can you please show

me how to run the machine so that I can turn you into my double just

for the car wash.  You can go as me, and I promise you that you will have

a lot of fun.  My friends in the band are really awesome."  And then

when you come home, I can use this thing to turn you back to yourself.

Now Mike wasn't the type of parent that was going to disappoint his only

daughter, and after a little bit of hesitation, he agreed.  It really wasn't

that hard to operate the contraption, and the idea of hanging around with

a bunch of teen-aged girls for the after actually sounded like fun.  So the

two of them went to the workshop, and Mike showed his daughter how to

operate the machine.  She followed the directions perfectly, and soon Mike

was Jordan's double.

Of course there was a little reluctance about wearing a bikini.  Mike had

never been in a girl's body before, let alone a skimpy two-piece suit.  But

Jordan's pleadings convinced him he could stand the embarrassment for

one short afternoon, and soon he was off to the car wash.  And as usual,

Jordan had been right, her friends were a lot of fun.  The time passed by

quickly as the girls soaped up the cars and each other.  A lot of cars were

washed that day, and Mike went home to tell Jordan all about it.

Jordan was thrilled to hear the news, and she and her father headed to the

the workroom for the swap-back.  But just as Jordan was ready to start

the machine up, Mike said "wait.  Jordan, I really had a lot of fun today

with your friends.  A really good time.  So do you think we could find a way

to explain to your mother how you just happened to come up with a twin

sister."  "Sure, dad, I think we can pull it off," replied Jordan.