Benny-K Has Found A Way To Dress As A Midget

It's a miracle of some sort.

I met him in the hall today. He nodded and walked on by like there was nothing unusual about him. But there was: his legs ended just below the knees, instead of where they used to (down by his feet). He was wearing a pair of large black platform shoes. The platforms were a couple of feet high. I stopped him and pointed.

"Oh, the legs," he said. "Yeah. Sometimes I dress as a little guy, a midget."

I realized that his overall height hadn't changed. Just the impression of height.

"Means I can park in disabled spots and nobody bothers me. You haven't worked it out yet, have you?"

"No."

"Made these myself," he said, reaching down and undoing a tie on the side of one of the platforms. It hinged open along a seam at the back. It was hollow! There it was, his pale white leg, ending in the usual black sock. The platform part of the shoe ended in a black sandal. The hollow pillar was topped by the upper part of a normal shoe, and the shoe was tied around his knee. "These are anti-stilts. As far as I know, this is the only pair of anti-stilts in the world. I made my first pair of these in 1973. There are people I've known for twenty-five years who only know me as Big Ben, a bona-fide pituitary dwarf with a pro-active attitude. A few of those people are dwarves themselves. They're real warm folks, you know, not at all like they're portrayed on TV."

I'm not great with graphics and stuff, but here's a diagram--

                  /    |
                  \  / |
                  |____|
                (88     )
          /''/''' |    ||
         /--------|----||
         |        |    ||
         |        |    ||
         |  _____/   ) ||
         | c_-_-_______)|
         |______________|

He closed the shoe and walked off. At the end of the corridor he turned and winked. "You keep this to yourself or I'll kill you in your sleep. I have a key."

I'm a lucky man, you know. I'm surrounded by genius.