Super Jake

Once upon a time, in a town not so far away, there was a boy named Jacob.  He was a very smart little boy– he always tried very hard and never gave up because he knew that’s what would make him smarter and smarter.  And he ate lots of lettuce to grow big and strong.

So one day, Jacob was playing at school by himself in the playhouse.  He was grilling pizza and preparing hot tea when he heard a cry for help.

(Loud crying)  “Oooooowwweeeeeeee!  I bonked my head.”  (sniff, sniff)

Jacob heard the crying and knew it was a job for SUPER Jake!”

Inside the playhouse, he spun around three times (swooh, swooh, swooh) and emerged… wearing green jet shoes, a jet pack, his flowing green cape, and his swoopy super hair.

Super Jake flew into the air and scanned the playground with his far-away eyes.  Who was calling for help?  Suddenly, he zeroed-in on the trouble: Clarky had zoomed down the slide too fast, landed on his bottom, and bonked his head.  He was crying and needed help.

Super Jake swooped down, landed by the injured boy and declared in his deep, super voice, “Don’t worry Clarky– Super Jake is HERE to SAVE the DAY.”

“It looks like you’ve fallen off the slide and bonked your head.  I bet it hurts so bad.  I will go get a teacher and some ice.”  Super Jake flew off to get Miss Leti and then ran faster than a speeding race car to the freezer for an ice cube and a paper towel.  He soared back to Clarky as Miss Leti was helping him to his feet.

Super Jake gave Clarky the ice, made sure he was OK and “bumped-it” farewell.  “My job is done here.  Super Jake is off to help kids and rescue animals everywhere!”  Miss Leti called, “Thank you sir!”  And he flew into the sky and was gone.

Super Jake swooped back in (there’s a lot of swooping when you’re a super hero) through the backdoor of the playhouse when no one was looking.  He quickly spun around three times (swooh, swooh, swooh) and he suddenly had on his trail shoes, his jet pack was gone, his cape had disappeared, and he had regular curly hair again.

Jacob wandered out of the playhouse with a look of bewilderment.  “What’s happening?”  The group of kids on the playground gathered around him, “You just missed Super Jake!  He was here and he helped to save Clarky.  Where were you?”

Jacob shook his head, “Man, I always miss Super Jake.  I was just grilling pizza in the playhouse.  Maybe next time…”

And no one knew, the secret identity of Super Jake.

The End