Jimmy was oldest of the boys in our neighborhood and David and his friend were a year younger than Jimmy. There was a little boy in the apartment building next to us who also wanted to be a superhero. He lived on the second floor. The boys thought he was too young to play with them so they solved the problem by telling him that he could join the group only/only if he learned to fly. Well, that boy really wanted to join the fan club so he was going to prove he could fly. Off he went determined. He yelled at the boys from that second story window that they would see he could fly. They yelled no to him. Not sure who but someone ran up those stairs, maybe even flew to tell the boy's mom. While trying to talk the boy out of jumping the boys thought they should break his fall so they began to gather tree limbs (they were only 7 or 8, logic wasn't there yet.) to break the boy's fall. Luckily Mom grabbed him from behind and pulled him back into the apartment. Mom was not happy about this and that was the end of the superhero fan club. My vacuum was sacrificed for nothing. Enjoy!
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