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             My Mum and Dad
                  died in an accident when I was 10. I was then put in
                  an orphanage. I was no angel. I was considered one of
                  the wild boys. I got into trouble all the time. The
                  people that worked there considered me a bad boy, a
                  boy with a bad future. They washed their hands of me,
                  and would not take the blame for what I did or what I
                  would do. It became so bad, that the headmaster there
                  decided to send me to another orphanage. The Pink
                  institute which was a special orphanage for bad boys
                  and good girls. As I drove in
                  the car, through big gates, I got my first view of the
                  orphanage. It was cut off from the rest of the world
                  and was hidden in the middle of a forest. The
                  orphanage itself was a big Victorian building. It had
                  a huge statue of a woman outside. We parked the car
                  and went through some big doors. The ceiling was high
                  and the floors shined. There was a smell of polish. My
                  contact person from the old orphanage led me to the
                  head mistresses office. She was a little fat woman,
                  with a beehive hair style. She had very thick glasses
                  on. She looked a bit like my granny. If she thought
                  she was strong enough to make me a good boy, then she
                  would be I trouble. �Welcome to the
                  Pink Institute,� she started, �I hear that you
                  misbehave all the time. This institute has a 100%
                  success rate of changing bad boys to good� well; you
                  will just have to see. I see that you have long curly
                  hair and a small fragile body. Just look at your eyes.
                  You have very long eyelashes and deepest eyes that I
                  have seen. I am sure that you will do well here. It
                  might take some time, but you will do fine. You are
                  also 11, so you have plenty of time.� I frowned at her
                  and nearly stuck out my tongue, but managed to keep it
                  in. She was allowed to think what she wanted. The last
                  orphanage thought they could control me, and now they
                  have given up. The head
                  Mistress was called Polly. She was one of the older
                  girls. Her job was to show me to my room. She
                  explained that each room had two beds, and I would be
                  sharing the same room with a new boy called Brian. He
                  would also be starting today. The corridors were long
                  and had tree panels. It smelled like perfume that Mum
                  used to have. I could feel a tear coming to my eyes.
                  Why did God take my mother from me? One thing I
                  noticed was that there were no boys. There were many
                  girls in the corridors and girls in bedrooms with
                  doors open. I tried asking Polly where the boys were,
                  but she wouldn�t answer. Where are all the good boys
                  that she boasted about? They were probably in some
                  dungeon. At last we came
                  to my room. When the door opened, I could have
                  collapsed. The top was painted white while the bottom
                  was painted pink. There were two beds. Both had pink
                  bed sheets and blankets. There were two dressing
                  tables, both with mirrors. There was also a pink
                  fluffy rug on the tree floor. The other boy
                  was also there. He was playing with a Barbie playhouse
                  on the floor. I started laughing when I saw that. Boys
                  do not play with dolls. He looked embarrassed when I
                  started laughing and threw the doll down. He said
                  there was nothing else to play with. He was right. The
                  room was a girl�s room. I asked Polly for an
                  explanation. But she just said nothing and told us to
                  wait here until someone comes. It did cross my mind on
                  if I should stay or not. There was a whole building to
                  explore. Plus I had to find the boys. The other boy
                  was Brian. He was also 11 years old. He got into a lot
                  of trouble at home. He was in a gang that sold drugs.
                  They made him be the lookout for any police. Then he
                  was caught and the judge said that he could come here.
                  He was small for his age, and had long hair like me.
                  He also had an earring in his left ear. I was thinking
                  if he would be dangerous or not. I mean he was in a
                  gang, He would know how to use a knife. I quickly
                  apologized for laughing at him and seeing him with a
                  doll. He said OK. It was his first time playing with a
                  doll. To show that I was willing to be friends, I
                  started playing with the dolls. For the next few
                  hours, we have played with dolls. We brushed their
                  hair. We changed their clothes. We pretended that they
                  were going out shopping or to the beauty salon. We
                  didn�t notice that hours went by. The head mistress
                  opened the door and smiled when she seen us playing
                  with dolls. She said that we were to eat supper in our
                  rooms that night. We quickly ate the Hotdogs that she
                  had given us. After dinner, we
                  decided to explore the room. We looked in the table
                  with the mirror. There was nothing except brushes, a
                  small mirror and makeup. We laughed at this. Then we
                  opened the closets. There were dresses, uniforms, and
                  petticoats. We agreed that the girls that lived here
                  before had forgotten their clothes.  It was then that
                  Brian suggested that we try on one of the dresses. He
                  already was taking his clothes off and putting one of
                  the petticoat dresses on. It was so fluffy and lacey.
                  I said I�m keeping my clothes on. This was not good
                  enough for Brian; He was sitting down putting mascara
                  on. He looked at me, smiling and said that he didn�t
                  think that I needed mascara, because I had very long
                  eyelashes. I smiled back. I heard this all my life.
                  How pretty my eyes were. Brian put his hair in a
                  ponytail and stood up. He did a small dance and then
                  looked in the mirror. He just stood there and stared,
                  the only thing he said was what would his gang say if
                  they saw him now? It was time to
                  go to bed, so we both went to our own beds. It was
                  hard to sleep. This place was not like the old place.
                  It seemed like they were more disciplined here. I
                  wondered why there were girl clothes and toys.  Why were we
                  put in a girl�s room? Anyhow, it was time to sleep.
                  Brian fell asleep straight away. I just looked at the
                  ceiling, thinking of what happened and unsure of my
                  future. Suddenly I could hear voices in my head; �You have been a
                  bad boy� �It�s easier
                  being a girl� �Girls are well
                  behaved and polite� �Boys can be
                  girls as well� �Boys can wear
                  dresses and girls clothes� �Boys can play
                  girl games and play with girl toys� �You will be
                  better off as a girl� �Dresses look
                  good on boys� �Ask to wear a
                  dress� I couldn�t wake
                  up, but I was only half asleep. Where were these
                  voices coming from? It was like they were coming from
                  my head. After the voice said something, I would hear
                  my brain shouting NO! No way was I going to be a girl.
                  No way was� (I fell asleep, but didn�t realize that
                  the voices were still pounding their subliminal
                  messages in my head.) The next
                  morning, Polly woke us up. She said that it was time
                  to put the school uniform on, make sure our hair
                  looked pretty and our faces were
                  washed. Brian asked if he could wear the dress in the
                  cabinet. I went over to him and asked him what the
                  f(Censored) he was talking about? �Why do you want
                  to wear a dress?� I asked �Because it�s so
                  pretty and everyone else here wears it� �But you are a
                  boy!� �Well, it�s
                  easier being a girl. Girls are more behaved and
                  polite. Boys can wear dresses and girl clothes too� Then I thought
                  of the voices that I heard at night. Brian heard them
                  too. In fact he believed them. It was a good thing
                  that I knew what I wanted. They would have to point a
                  gun at my face before I begged to wear a dress,
                  although dresses did look good on boys. What was I
                  saying? Polly asked me
                  if I was going to wear the school uniform. I told her
                  in a matter of fact way that there was no uniform. It
                  was only a girls uniform. She answered in her superior
                  tone that boys and girls wore the same uniform. This
                  explained why I couldn�t see any boys yesterday. They
                  were all sissies. I told her that I was not wearing
                  any dress or girls clothes. In my mind I was thinking
                  that boys do look good in dresses. I shook my head. I
                  shouldn�t be thinking like this. Polly was smiling for
                  the first time. I bet she knew what I was thinking.
                  Polly asked me for the last time if I would put the
                  uniform on. I said no. She said that was my choice.
                  Then she told Brian, who was already dressed that he
                  should go to the canteen for breakfast. She told me to
                  stay where I was. I sat on the
                  chair, thinking that I would be punished or they were
                  getting me a proper boy�s uniform. Two janitors came
                  in. they moved my bed out of the room. I was happy
                  because this meant that I was getting a boys room. I
                  sat and waited with a smile on my face. The next thing
                  that I knew was that the two men were bringing this
                  oversized crib in the room. The smile on my face
                  disappeared. They put the crib where my bed was and
                  then removed my table and mirror. They put a changing
                  table there. I tried asking several times what they
                  were doing, but was met with silence. After they
                  changed my part of the room into a nursery, Polly told
                  me to follow her. We went to the nurse�s room. I sat
                  on a chair waiting for them to speak with each other.
                  Then the nurse told me to get up on the examination
                  table. She took my hand and gave me a shot. She said
                  that would weaken my muscles, I wouldn�t be able to
                  walk anymore, but I could crawl. She gave me a shot in
                  my neck and explained that this will limit my speech.
                  Then she took my clothes off. I was embarrassed that
                  Polly was there, but the only thing I could say was
                  �out�. Did she go? No! The nurse then proceeded to put
                  a diaper on me. This was after she gave me a shot on
                  my bum. She explained that I would now need a diaper,
                  because of the last shot. After she put the diaper on,
                  that quite honest felt comfortable, she put this pink
                  romper on me. She then put a pacifier in my mouth and
                  said I was finished. I was now a sissy baby. When Brian came
                  home he was all excited. I looked at him thinking that
                  he looked like a real girl. I smiled. He was a sissy
                  now. Brian was also smiling. Who could blame him? I
                  was now a sissy baby. �I see that you
                  had a busy day� He said, �You should have put the
                  dress on. It�s so pretty and in the weekend we can
                  wear the nicer dresses and even a little make up. I
                  went down to eat breakfast. I was a bit afraid that I
                  would be teased, but everyone there were boys. I sat
                  at the table. There was no teasing. They acted like we
                  were best friends. Then we had sewing class. I am not
                  so good at that, but I will try my best. Then we had
                  cooking class. I did quite well here. I made lunch. It
                  was only sandwiches but I never made my own food
                  before. Then we ate our lunch. Then we had a meeting
                  with the head mistress. She said that we were bad
                  boys. Now we will be trained to be good girls. When we
                  were finished with the institute, some rich man would
                  take care of us. Some of us would be maids, some of us
                  would be companions, and some of us would be closer.
                  Then we got time to play. So we played with hula loops
                  and jumping ropes. They were really girl�s games, and
                  I know that I would never have played them before. But
                  they were quite fun. What did you do today?� No matter how
                  much I tried to tell him of the injustices that I have
                  experienced, no words came out. Only baby words. The
                  one word he knew was �wet� which explained how I was.
                  Another word he understood was �bubba�, which of
                  course means bottle. He understood
                  this he gave me something to drink from a
                  bottle. I felt my eye lids grow more and more
                  heavy. I feel asleep in Brian�s arms. While I was
                  asleep, I heard more voices: �You have been a
                  bad boy� �It�s easier
                  being a girl� �Girls are well
                  behaved and polite� �Boys can be
                  girls as well� �Boys can wear
                  dresses and girls clothes� �Boys can play
                  girl games and play with girl toys� �You will be
                  better off as a girl� �Dresses look
                  good on boys� �Ask to wear a
                  dress� �Do you want to
                  be a baby or a proper girl?� I woke up in my
                  crib. My diaper was wet. I wanted to get out. I woke
                  Brian up, that came over to me in his pink night
                  dress. He asked what I wanted. I tried to speak, but
                  only baby noises came out. I started crying. I wanted
                  to get out, but a crib has bars you know. The dummy
                  made me stop crying. It was actually soothing to suck
                  it. Brian stroked my cheek as he calmed me down. I saw him get
                  changed, in the school uniform dress. He even looked
                  like a girl with just panties on. The dress was
                  quickly on and he was sitting down putting his hair in
                  a ponytail. �Today will be
                  fun.� He said, �I will see the other girls. Then we
                  have gymnastics. It will be fun stretching and
                  learning how to move gracefully. Then I get to gossip
                  with the other girls about nice clothes and even boys.
                  After gymnastics, we have dance. I love ballet, don�t
                  you? I am looking forward to wearing a leotard and
                  tights.� Then Brian�s
                  face looked puzzled. He asked me to stand up in the
                  bed. Then he told me that I was much shorter than the
                  day before. I was as short as a 7 year old. I looked
                  down at my body and it was true. I was much shorter. I
                  couldn�t say anything about it, so I started crying.
                  Brian put the dummy in my mouth and gave me a hug. I
                  felt snug in his arms, although I was much smaller
                  than he was. After what seems like ages, Brian left so
                  he wouldn�t be late for gymnastics Polly came and
                  took me to the babies section. We were all changed and
                  put in our pink rompers again. Polly even put my hair
                  in a ponytail. I looked in the mirror and started to
                  cry once again �Me�. Ga ga� me�
                  small� �I know darling.
                  You will get smaller every day until you are the size
                  of a toddler. Then you will forget that you were born
                  a boy. We can raise you as a girl.� This was it. I
                  cried as loud as I could. I was now in a baby room,
                  with baby toys. I found some blocks and tried to build
                  a tower. My hands were a bit fumbly, so the tower kept
                  on falling. This was basically my day. Getting my
                  diaper changed, eating baby food, crying because I
                  couldn�t tell what I wanted and missing Brian. He was
                  busy being a girl. My fate was to be a baby When I got back
                  to the room, Brian and two of his friends were there.
                  It was a real girl party. His friends seen me and were
                  amazed at how cute I was. They wanted me to sit on
                  their lap, while they gave me a bottle of milk. I knew
                  what they were playing. They were playing baby. This is when I
                  decided �Gr, ga, I la want a dress�  |