chapter 4

Magnolia Drumpf was a stunningly beautiful woman. Everyone said so. Except her VERY judgmental husband, Ronald. Ronald, you see, was totally repulsed by the fifty pounds Magnolia had added to her five foot six inch frame since they'd been married. But then a few extra pounds here and there was the price she paid for having six kids in six years. And breast feeding each and every one of them didn't help.

Over time, Magnolia came to ignore Ronald's sarcastic little jibes about her appearance. Oh sure, after a while they got to be more than a little tiresome, but when you come down to it, keeping up with six kids all under the age of five occupied her mind a LOT more than stupid insults.

It wasn't that Magnolia hadn't tried dieting, she had. But dieting left her feeling weak and out of sorts and you can't take care of a growing brood of little ones when you weren't in tip top condition. But she HAD seen "slimming devices" on informmercials on TV. They claimed that they could make you LOOK as if you'd lost a TON of weight. So, out of curiosity mind you, Magnolia starting looking around trying to lay her hands on something that MIGHT shut Ronald up, if only for a moment.

It was right about this time that she ran into her old friend Katie O'Brien. Katie had just given birth to HER fifth child. And although she definitely "porked up", to borrow one of Ronald's pithy little phrases, Katie seemed to radiate a certain something that turned men's head and made their juices flow. Why even Ronald remarked that the wouldn't mind getting a piece of THAT as Katie waddled her way out to the swimming pool at their house one day this past summer, porked up or not!!

Although she was shy asking about such things, Magnolia screwed up her courage and asked Katie just what her secret was. All Katie did was smile demurely and say in a breathless voice, "I get ALL my clothes at the HIPPODROME!", while giving Magnolia the address to the clothing emporium.

Magnolia drove over there the very next day and if first impressions meant anything she was totally unimpressed. From the outside the place was a dump and the neighborhood it was in wasn't what you would call fashionable either. But then she thought back to Katie and the effect she had on men and said to herself, "Well, here goes nothing!".

Sitting on a stool next to an old fashioned cash register was one of the homeliest fat girls Magnolia had ever seen. One look at her and she was almost out the door. But then the girl very sweetly asked if there was anything she could do to be of help and Magnolia seemed to have been mesmerized.

"Yes", Magnolia said, "I'm looking for something that MIGHT make me look a touch slimmer. I've put on a bit of weight and I'd like to look sexier for my husband." The sales clerk said, "I totally understand. As it turns out, we just got a shipment of Sexy Slimmers this morning. If you care to try one on!". The clerk rummaged through a box and handed Magnolia what could be best described as looking like a pair of long johns. She handed them to Magnolia and told her, "This will DEFINITELY do the trick!!".

Needless to say, Magnolia was skeptical. How could a pair of glorified long johns make her look sexy? But before she knew it she was in the back room, trying on the Sexy Slimmers.

She turned to look at herself in the mirror and was stunned. She looked even slimmer than she had before she got married. If she didn't know any better, she'd have thought she weighed no more than 110 pounds. She put on her baggy old dress over the Sexy Slimmers and amazingly it fit like a glove, accentuating every curve. She rushed out to the counter to pay for her new acquisition but the clerk told her, "Don't worry about a thing sweetie. It's on the house. Besides, you'll be back soon enough!"

Magnolia drove home at break neck speed. She wanted to be there when Ronald got home so she could show off her new and improved figure. Ronald got home, took one look at Magnolia, and before she knew it they were making mad, passionate love. What Magnolia didn't notice was that she still weighed 160 pounds and that a VERY thin layer of fat had been added to her blossoming figure. Amazingly, Ronald didn't notice anything himself. He just emerged from the bedroom looking VERY pleased!!

This same pattern continued every day for six weeks. Every day Magnolia and Ronald would have mind boggling sex with each other and every day Magnolia put on about a quarter of a pound. After six weeks, Magnolia was ten pounds heavier than she HAD been.

This would have been bad enough, but after six weeks the daily gain increased to half a pound. It didn't take a math genius to figure out that after another month Magnolia checked in at a robust 185 pounds. Funny thing was, nobody seemed to notice the difference, least of all Ronald.

By the next month Magnolia was carrying around 216 pounds on what was once a slender frame and the month after that she weighed in at 248. By the end of the year Magnolia Drumpf was a 777 pound mass of fat, cellulite, and stretch marks. Fortunately, no one seemed to notice her little "growth spurt".

One day, about a year later, the owner of the Hippodrome, Magnus Corpulence, asked his sales clerk about the extremely FAT woman who was exiting the store with several packages under her completely flabby arms. "Who IS that BEAUTIFUL woman?". The clerk quickly responded, "Oh, that's Magnolia Drumpf. She just bought a dozen of our Sexy Slimmers!". Mr. Corpulence asked, "Did you tell her about the curse?". And the clerk replied, "Oh, you mean that you must NEVER remove the Sexy Slimmer or you'll GAIN weight? DAMN, I plum forgot!!", the clerk chortled. "So what's she doing with all those Sexy Slimmers, doesn't she have one already?" The clerk could hardly keep from roaring with laughter, "Oh, she just bought THOSE for friends and family. Looks like we should be laying in a supply of EXTRA LARGE stuff, we're going to need it!!!"