Wren’s Homemade Cape
It’s Cape Day at school, but Wren 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. Wren 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 Bruno. Wren felt a lump in her throat. ‘I forgot it,’ she said quietly.
Wren went to the quiet corner and sat down, feeling left out. But then she saw Poppy the piglet, who was crying. Poppy’s cape had been torn on a branch, and it lay in a sad, floppy heap.
Wren 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 Wren. ‘Good as new.’
Poppy gave Wren a big hug. ‘Thank you,’ Poppy said. Then Bruno came over. ‘I saw what you did,’ Bruno said. ‘That was the best hero thing anyone did all day.’
Their teacher beamed. ‘Look, everyone! Wren is a hero without a cape.’ She went to the cupboard and found a tea towel. They tied it round Wren’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, Wren flew round the playground, with a tea towel 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 Wren do?
Finish stories to collect Wren as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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