Liam's Superpowers (Book #3, Smartykidz Series) Read online

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  “I have to get my superpowers!” Liam was back in his room. “Where is my cape?” Liam searched again through his bottom drawer and pulled out his old blue cape.

  “It is not red, but it will have to do!” Then he found the packet with his new underpants. It was still a bit too big for him, but when he pulled it on over his blue and red pants, it stayed up. It will do!

  “I’ll keep my hat on.” He puffed out his chest, looking at himself in the mirror.

  “Come on, Patrick!” Liam ran to the kitchen, his blue cape flying behind him.

  Patrick was scurrying behind, trying to keep up. Liam’s mommy was still busy with his baby brother.

  “I have to get on top of the cupboard,” Liam said as Patrick caught up with him. He pushed his mommy’s stepladder closer. He had to get onto the very top step to reach high enough. The little stepladder was shaking as he got onto the top step. It was scary!

  He stood on his tippy toes. The stepladder shook some more. He had to push hard with his arms to try to get himself up. He pushed and pushed! Then, just as he managed to push himself up onto the cupboard, the stepladder shook even more. It shook and shook and then it toppled over and fell to floor.

  Liam looked down from the top. It was a very long way to the floor! But there was no time to waste! He had to get his superpowers! He had to save Patrick from the claws of the fat orange cat!

  Liam grabbed the corners of his blue cape and took a deep breath.

  “Superpowers!” Liam shouted as he jumped from the top. His blue cape ballooned out behind him. It looked almost like a parachute.

  But it was not a parachute! “Help…!” he shouted, but it was too late and he fell to the floor.

  “Ouch!” he cried.

  “Ouch! Ouch!” Patrick repeated.

  Then they saw the fat orange cat! He was trying to get in through the window. He had an evil look on his face.

  Patrick made a big poop on the kitchen floor.

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  “We have to make a plan, Patrick.” Liam was back in his room. “I must get superpowers to save you from the fat orange cat!”

  “Make-a-plan! Make-a-plan!” Patrick said.

  “Shush! I’m thinking!” Liam thought and thought. Patrick was miffed.

  He fluffed out his feathers and marched off to sit on his favorite perch in the living room.

  Suddenly Liam jumped up. “I know what to do!”

  He dived in under his bed! He pulled out the big plastic basket where he stored all his old toys. At the bottom of the basket he found what he was looking for. He held it in both hands, looking at it in wonder.

  The sword was big and beautiful. It had a little light inside the blade. Liam switched it on and the sword glowed a bright green!

  He had not played with his sword for a long time because it was too big and heavy. That was when he was small. But now the sword did not feel heavy anymore! He was a big boy now!

  He tried it out. Swish…swish…swish. He tried some more. Swish…swish, and then he almost got it right. Swish-swash!

  He wished that he could make it go WHOOSH! through the air, but he was not yet that big!

  Swish..swish..swish-swash. Liam practiced and practiced.

  Swish-swash, swish-swash. Liam was so busy that he almost didn’t hear Patrick’s cries from the living room.

  “Bad cat! Bad cat!” Patrick cried out in panic!

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  “Bad cat! Bad cat!” Patrick cried again as Liam ran to the rescue.

  The fat orange cat had trapped Patrick into a corner. He was licking his lips!

  “Go away, Cat!” Liam shouted. The fat orange cat hissed and snarled.

  Swish-swash, Liam waved his sword. The cat came closer! Swish-swash, swish-swash, Liam tried again, but still the cat came closer!

  Then Liam lunged forward. Swish-swash, swish-swash! The cat moved back. Swish-swash, swish-swash. The cat moved back some more.

  But oh no! Then everything went wrong!

  Patrick was still trapped in the corner. The fat orange cat blocked his way! He could not get out!

  Patrick flapped his wings. He was very scared, so he flapped his wings some more. Suddenly he was up in the air!

  “Fly! Fly!” he shouted as he went up and up. But then he forgot to flap his wings! Oh no! Down, down, down, he went.

  Oh no! Patrick had landed on top of the fat orange cat!

  Patrick shrieked! The cat hissed and snarled and tried to grab hold of Patrick.

  Oh no! The cat got his claws hooked onto Patrick’s tail! There were feathers flying everywhere!

  That was when Liam found what he was looking for! His superpowers!

  He lunged forward. Swish-swash, swish-swash, swish-swash!

  The cat still hissed and snarled!

  Liam lunged again! Swish-swash, swish-swash, swish-swash!

  The cat’s eyes were wide. He looked over his shoulder. Was there an open door?

  Swish-swash, swish-swash, swish-swash!

  Then, with Liam’s final super-powered SWISH-SWASH the cat turned around and ran away.

  He ran out through the door and jumped over the fence. Away!

  That was how Liam got his superpowers! From then on Patrick was always safe from the claws of the fat orange cat.

  The End

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