J4: The Ben Files Episode 3

Well, it’s Thursday, and I can’t think of a choice blog to write.   I don’t blame me, though.  I’m sure you would also be distracted if you were a superhero.

The Ben Files

Episode 3: A Yen

I’m standing in the Save-A-Lot plaza, looking for crime.  I don’t see any, and this construction paper suit I made is getting really uncomfortable.  Also, I ‘m freezing, because it’s snowing and as I said before, all I’m wearing is construction paper.  I’m going into the store to warm up. 

Okay, I still don’t see any crime, but I might as well make myself known.  I am a superhero, after all.  I approach two guys that are shoving candy in their pocket so that they can carry it to the cash register and buy it. 

“Hello, good citizens.  It is I, A.N, guardian of Alden.”  In order to keep my identity a secret, I have made a superhero abbreviation for my superhero name.  Because opposable starts with an… a.

“A yen?” says the good citizen of Alden.  “Isn’t that a form of Japanese currency?”

“No, it’s my superhero abbreviation for my superhero name.”

“You’re a… superhero?  What are your powers?”

“Well, I have an opposable nose and I can type blogs while simultaneously doing anything.  In fact, I’m writing one right now.”

“Dude,” the good citizen of Alden whispered to his friend, “he’s a nut job.  Let’s get out of here.”

Did you ever know someone who whispers really loud, as if he or she was basically talking without using their vocal chords?  Well, that’s what this guy was like.  Terrible whisperer.  Horrendous. 

The two good citizens of Alden walk out of the store with bulging pockets.  I turn around, and continued to see if I could spot any thieves within the store.  Then I hear the good citizen of Alden whisper to his buddy, “Yay.  We robbed the store.”

It all comes together in my mind.  The bulging pockets.  The fact that he said he had just robbed the store.  Those two guys aren’t good citizens of Alden at all!  They are thieves!

I scream at them to stop, and they run away.  I chase them.  My first superhero mission!  It pays to be a good whisperer, I think as I wipe the falling snow out of my eyes with my opposable nose.

To Be Continued…