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- Mrs. Tickham and Flora stand in awe as the squirrel lifts the vacuum cleaner over his head with one paw.
- How can it be? Neither of them know, but clearly this is one special squirrel.
- Still, Mrs. Tickham thinks she might have a brain tumor. What else would explain seeing a squirrel lift that?
- Flora has another idea. She thinks the squirrel might be a superhero, just like Incandesto; after all, this is what always happens in superhero movies.
- First there is a traumatic situation (like being vacuumed up but not dying), and then come the superhero powers (like a squirrel lifting a vacuum cleaner). Yep, seems about right to us.
- Just then, Mr. Tickham shouts from inside the house that he's hungry, so his wife turns to go.
- Before she does, though, Flora tells her not to tell anyone about this.
- As Mrs. Tickham leaves, Flora notices the name of the vacuum cleaner: Ulysses. Hmmm… that seems like a good name for a superhero squirrel.
- Come on, Ulysses, she says to the squirrel.