| When my brother was very young, he loved super heroes. |
| He collected plastic figures of all the super heroes. |
| I think he had every super hero figurine that there was. |
| He used to tie a towel over his shoulders and run through the back yard. |
| He pretended that he was rescuing people. |
| One time he stood on the roof. |
| He really thought that he could fly with his super hero cape on. |
| He would have hurt himself if he had jumped. |
| My dad saw him and told him to get down. |
| My dad explained to my brother that super heroes are not real. |
| Real people cannot fly from rooftops. |
| My brother was disappointed. |
| He thought that the super heroes really existed. |
| My dad explained that most super heroes were created as comic book characters. |
| Somebody used their imagination to make them up, and then an artist drew them. |
| My brother was not impressed. |
| He said that he wanted to meet the super heroes. |
| My father told him that he might meet someone dressed up as a super hero, |
| but it wouldn’t really be a super hero in the costume. |
| It is hard to explain to small children |
| that the things that they see in comic books and on television aren’t really real. |
| My brother still pretends that he is a super hero. |
| He doesn’t jump from rooftops, but he runs around and makes noises like he is flying. |
| I look at him and remember when I used to do things like that. |
| I’m more mature than my brother. |
| I know that super heroes aren’t real, |
| but I know that he is having fun and using his imagination. |
