RELUCTANT PRESS

For he had to admit that reflected in the mirror was not the familiar rough and tumble boy named Sheldon, but a soft and delicate prissy girl named Shelley!

Shelley wore a soft, pink pleated cotton miniskirt that barely covered her bottom as it swirled saucily with even her tiniest movement. The dainty lace trim of her equally short pink nylon half-slip peeked enticingly beneath the swirling pleats. Exposed between the short hem of the naughty miniskirt and the tops of the lace-topped pink anklets was the soft, hairless flesh of her smooth, curvy white legs. The daintily sheer anklets disappeared into the unbelievably shiny white patent leather of an adorable pair of flat-heeled baby doll single-strap Mary Jane shoes. The short-sleeved peasant styled blouse was made of a sheer pink satin. A wide ruffle edged the open neckline. The ruffle gave the impression that the pre-teen girl had sweetly budding breasts. As if all that weren't enough, her long blonde hair had been styled in a most babyish manner.

Softly curled bouncy bangs whispered against her delicately thin eyebrows. The rest of her full shiny tresses were gathered into a high, bouncy ponytail, secured by shiny laceedged pink satin ribbons tied into delicate bows. This created a fountain of silky hair that seemed to erupt from her head to scintillatingly cascade down to barely kiss her shoulders.

What really set off the discordance of the pristine image Shelley projected was her face. A soft hint of light blue eye shadow made her already sparkling clear baby blue eyes seem huge with childish naive innocence. Baby pink lip gloss accented her all-too-kissable, pouty lips. But, what cinched her obvious youthfulness was the hint of retained baby fat on her rosy, dimpled piquant cheeks.

Sheldon was mesmerized by the pretty girl he saw. On one hand he understood that his appearance virtually assured that he'd be able to pull off the masquerade with no one ever suspecting that he was really a boy. All he had to do was act the way he appeared. On the other hand, he was anguished and humiliated by his all too natural girlishness!

His male pride couldn't admit that he'd been so easily converted into a not just a passable girl, but a beautiful girl!

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TWO LITTLE GIRLS

By JENNIFER SUE

"Shelley's prettier than me," exclaimed Cindy in an awed voice as she looked over Shelley.

"I don't know if I'd go that far," responded Helen. "But she is definitely cute! No one will have the slightest reason to complain about her being a suitable replacement for you!"

Sheldon wanted to die. Everything he'd ever believed in was crumbling. Always he'd felt secure in his masculinity, never having any doubts that he was a boy. Yet, now he was a girl!

No one had to wave a magic wand or cast a spell on him, all it had taken was a change of clothes!

That his boyhood had been so fragile was a total shock. Girls were supposed to be soft and prissy; all his life he'd believed that a boy who was soft and prissy was a sissy!

Yet, now he appeared undeniably soft and prissy! Tears of shame filled his eyes. The shame and humiliation he felt robbed him of any ability to rebel against his forced transformation.

Helen hugged the shivering, sissified lad and tenderly kissed his forehead.

"It will be all right, Shelley," she comforted him. "We'll teach you how to behave as a proper young lady. Once you feel comfortable in dresses and learn to behave like a girl without thinking about it, no one will ever suspect that you are a boy! We'll all help you pull of this masquerade.

"There are four things we want," she continued. "First is that Barry's wedding be as perfect as possible. Since you'll obviously make an adorable flower girl, there should be no problems from that direction. Second is that your masquerade cause no one any shame. Since only the five of us will know that you are Sheldon and not Shelley, your success at appearing to be a girl at all times is crucial to maintaining the secret. Third is your punishment for hurting Cindy. Since you've always prided yourself on being all-boy, spending some time dressed and behaving as a girl will very hard and humbling. Hopefully, you will learn that a girl's life isn't as easy as you think. In the process, you should learn to re-

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