Penny, I turned my dad into a puppy

He should have never touched that new experiment Mr. Peabody was working on. He should never done it. But it was done. And Peabody was mad at him. Furious even. That he let out a puppy bark. Sherman stared at him. Those glasses looked too big on him now. And that bowtie looked horribly huge.

"What are you staring at!?" a falsetto voice asked.

That little voice was enough to make him giggle.

"Uh?" well, his dad was not aware of what happened. "My voice! Sherman! Quick! Pass me that mirror!" Sherman did as commanded. When Mr. Peabody took the mirror, he screamed. "AHHHHHHHH!" his voice sounded more like a kid as he screamed. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"

Now Sherman was laughing uncontrollably. The scene was so funny. Peabody growled at him. He will ground him for this. Well, after dealing with this problem.

"I need to fix this…" he though out loud.

"How?" said Sherman whipping a tear and still giggling.

Peabody growled again. "It's simple to fix. But I need you to pass me the things I can't reach." He pick up a shard of glass. "Oh, and call Miss Peterson. I'll need four extra hands." He tried to fix his bowtie, which kept falling.

"Ok, Mr. Peabody." Sherman said between giggles.

The elevator door opened and Penny stepped inside the penthouse.

"Ok, Sherman. This better be good." She looked at Sherman who was standing in front of her. And at a familiar dog…

" ?!" she screamed, not from terror but from shock.

"Yes, Miss Peterson. It's me." He said in a terribly adorable falsetto voice. The next thing he knew, he was choking to dead. He never wanted be reminded of how girls tended to hug him when he was a puppy. He wished that Penny would stop this madness. Penny turned around with Mr. Peabody in her arms and stared at Sherman.

"Sherman! He's so cute!" she kept hugging him. He was out of breath. He couldn't tell her to stop. Girls and puppies. It was always the same story.

"Penny! You're suffocating my dad!"

Penny reacted and knew what she was doing. She quickly put Peabody and the floor. He was gasping for air.

"AND THAT'S…. THE REASON…. WHY… I … NEVER… GOT CLOSE… TO GIRLS WHEN… I WAS A PUPPY…" he collapsed on the floor still gasping for air.

"So sorry Mr. Peabody. It's just that you look so cute!" then, she turned to Sherman, more serious. "Sherman what happened?"

"Um… Let's just say that I touched some weird experiment I was not supposed to touch. And then I accidentally spilled it on Mr. Peabody. It turned him back into a puppy."

Peabody got up from the floor. "And you'll be grounded for that." He fixed again his huge bowtie. He turned to Penny. "Miss Peterson, I asked Sherman to call you. You see I'll need all the help I can get."

"Ok." She looked more like a fan girl now. Peabody took three slow steps away from her. Fan girls were dangerous. He knew that by experience.

Sherman slapped his forehead. He shouldn't have touched that stupid experiment.

….

"Pass me the screwdriver."

Sherman handed it to him.

"The green ooze from the left."

Penny gave it to him.

"One more thing." He pick up the cable at his side and plugged it on the machine. It started making strange sounds at first, but otherwise, it worked.

"Anything else, Mr. Peabody?"

"No Sherman." He stepped inside the machine. "When I tell you, press the glowing red bottom on the computer."

"Ok."

Peabody closed the door. "Now, Sherman!"

He pressed the red bottom as told. Sherman and Penny waited five minutes. Then, the door to the machine opened revealing a back-his-normal-age Mr. Peabody.

"Thank you, kids. I couldn't have done it without you."

"No problem, Mr. Peabody." Penny said, returning to her normal self. Thank goodness. He couldn't stand her fan girl eyes. He turned to Sherman.

"As for you… no WABAC trips for a week."

Sherman looked down. He could survive seven days without the WABAC. Right?

"Well, I have to leave. Mom is making diner tonight. See you tomorrow Sherman!" and then she was gone, leaving father and son alone in the lab.

"Sherman, did you learned a lesson today?"

"To never touch your stuff when you tell me not to."

Peabody smiled. "Good boy. Now help me clean this mess."

Sherman started to pick up some tools when he saw some weird looking computer.

"Do not touch that Sherman." His dad said, as if he was telepathic. That wouldn't surprise him. He took three steps away from the computer.

"Don't worry, Mr. Peabody. I won't." he smiled.