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110 He was a squirrel.
111 Could he be a superhero, too? Alfred T. Slipper
was a janitor. Most of the time, people looked right

past him. Sometimes (often, in fact) they treated him
with disdain. They had no idea of the astonishing acts
of heroism, the blinding light, contained within his
outward, humdrum disguise.

112 Only Alfred’s parakeet, Dolores, knew who he was
and what he could do.

113 “The world will misunderstand him,” said Flora.
114 “You bet it will,” said Mrs. Tickham.
115 Mr. Tickham called out, “Are you done
vacuuming? What about the Ulysses? Are you just

going to leave it sitting there?”

116 “Ulysses,” whispered Flora. She felt a shiver run
from the back of her head to the base of her spine.
She might be a natural-born cynic, but she knew the

right word when she heard it.
“Ulysses,” she said again.
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118 She bent down and held out her hand to the
squirrel.

119 “Come here, Ulysses,” she said.

disdain If you treat someone with disdain, you act as if he or
she is unimportant or not as good as you are.

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