Cape Day for Ivy
It’s Cape Day at school, but Ivy forgot to bring a cape. Can a hero be a hero without one?
It was Cape Day at school. Everyone had been told to bring a cape and be a superhero for the day. Ivy had packed her bag very carefully. But when she got to school, she realised she had forgotten the cape.
All around the playground, children were swooshing in red capes, blue capes and sparkly ones. ‘Where’s yours?’ asked Kofi. Ivy felt a lump in her throat. ‘I forgot it,’ she said quietly.
Ivy went to the quiet corner and sat down, feeling left out. But then she saw Beth the penguin, who was crying. Beth’s cape had been ripped in the wind, and it lay in a sad, floppy heap.
Ivy didn’t think twice. She stood up and said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll help.’ She knelt down and began to tie the torn pieces together. It wasn’t perfect, but it held. ‘There,’ said Ivy. ‘Good as new.’
Beth gave Ivy a big hug. ‘Thank you,’ Beth said. Then Kofi came over. ‘I saw what you did,’ Kofi said. ‘That was the best hero thing anyone did all day.’
Their teacher beamed. ‘Look, everyone! Ivy is a hero without a cape.’ She went to the cupboard and found a yellow curtain. They tied it round Ivy’s shoulders. It was the most beautiful cape in the school.
‘Heroes aren’t about what they wear,’ said the teacher. ‘They’re about what they do.’ And for the rest of the day, Ivy flew round the playground, with a yellow curtain flapping proudly behind her.
The little lesson
Being a hero is about kindness, not costumes.
Let’s talk about it
- What would your cape look like?
- What kind thing did Ivy do?
Finish stories to collect Ivy as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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