Zane’s Homemade Cape
It’s Cape Day at school, but Zane 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. Zane had packed his bag very carefully. But when he got to school, he realised he had forgotten the cape.
All around the playground, children were swooshing in red capes, blue capes and sparkly ones. ‘Where’s yours?’ asked Otto. Zane felt a lump in his throat. ‘I forgot it,’ he said quietly.
Zane went to the quiet corner and sat down, feeling left out. But then he saw Harvey the hippo, who was crying. Harvey’s cape had been torn on a branch, and it lay in a sad, floppy heap.
Zane didn’t think twice. He stood up and said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll help.’ He knelt down and began to tie the torn pieces together. It wasn’t perfect, but it held. ‘There,’ said Zane. ‘Good as new.’
Harvey gave Zane a big hug. ‘Thank you,’ Harvey said. Then Otto came over. ‘I saw what you did,’ Otto said. ‘That was the best hero thing anyone did all day.’
Their teacher beamed. ‘Look, everyone! Zane is a hero without a cape.’ She went to the cupboard and found a patterned blanket. They tied it round Zane’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, Zane flew round the playground, with a patterned blanket flapping proudly behind him.
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 Zane do?
Finish stories to collect Zane as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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