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Ollie’s New Trainers

Ollie was only seven when he realised he had super­powers. He hated school. He liked his teachers. Well, some of them. Mrs Moon was a bit scary. She bellowed like a huge whale. In fact, Ollie often wondered if the bun in her hair was blocking the hole that the water comes out of, like a real whale.

The problem was Simon and George. They were in his class, and they were bullies. Every day they made Ollie give them his lunch money, and one day they made Ollie give them his brand new trainers. He couldn’t tell his mum about Simon and George, because they said they would hurt him if he did.

The day they took Ollie’s trainers was the same day Ollie found out he had superpowers.

He got home from school in his bare feet. It took his mum a while to notice. She had just got home from her job at the old peoples’ home and was rushing about trying to get their tea ready. She was really cross, because Ollie told her he’d lost them. Ollie’s mum had to work extra hard to get the new trainers for him, as Ollie’s daddy did not live with them any more. His mum was always cross since Daddy had left and she was always very tired.