When he was invisible, Teddy did all the things he dreamt of doing.\u00c2\u00a0 He lingered in the girl\u2019s locker room.\u00c2\u00a0 He took fifty bucks out of the cash register at the convenience store, as well as a bottle of cream soda.\u00c2\u00a0 He tripped people walking down the hall.\u00c2\u00a0 He punched Aaron in the back of the head.\u00c2\u00a0 It hurt his hand, but it was worth it.<\/p>\n
When he was able to fly, Teddy tested his turning abilities, speed and distance.\u00c2\u00a0 He went to Paris.\u00c2\u00a0 He went to Cairo.\u00c2\u00a0 He learned it was rough, and understood what Icarus was about all too quickly.<\/p>\n
When he could run, Teddy ran.\u00c2\u00a0 He ran from to other cities.\u00c2\u00a0 He ran to the amusement park.\u00c2\u00a0 He ran to the museum.\u00c2\u00a0 He ran to the wharf.\u00c2\u00a0 He ran to Coney Island and then to the Golden Gate Bridge.\u00c2\u00a0 He went through a lot of water.\u00c2\u00a0 He lost six pounds in a day.\u00c2\u00a0 He was exhausted.<\/p>\n
When he could manipulate fire, Teddy followed the fire trucks and doused the flames.\u00c2\u00a0 It was the last he could do.\u00c2\u00a0 He was a little bit afraid of fire.<\/p>\n
When he could read minds, Teddy locked himself in a basement.\u00c2\u00a0 He didn\u2019t want to know the things most people thought.\u00c2\u00a0 At first, he hoped it would be interesting, finding out what, say, Sue was thinking, and then telling her.\u00c2\u00a0 But it turned out most people thought the most boring of things, continuously, ad nauseam, and he simply couldn\u2019t deal with it.<\/p>\n
When he could bend spoons with his mind, Teddy rented himself out to a circus for a hundred bucks a week.<\/p>\n
When he could bend steel bars with his hands, Teddy lifted Volkswagons, to challenge himself, and didn\u2019t even break a sweat.<\/p>\n
When he could speak a hundred languages, Teddy travelled to New York and got involved in discussions at the United Nations.\u00c2\u00a0 He helped resolve one issue, exacerbated another, and fell head over heels in love with a girl from Norway.<\/p>\n
When he could swim, Teddy took a deep breath and crossed the Atlantic.\u00c2\u00a0 He communed with humpbacks and giant squids and dolphins and sharks.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the sharks tried to eat him.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the sharks did not.\u00c2\u00a0 The water got too cold in the north, else he would\u2019ve visited the Titanic, but he did see the Lusitania.\u00c2\u00a0 He thinks.<\/p>\n
When he could make other people do things against their will, Teddy had fun, at the expense of his schoolmate, Aaron, who really deserved it, anyhow.\u00c2\u00a0 He didn\u2019t make Sue do anything, but he was tempted.<\/p>\n
When he could create massive illusions, Teddy went to Scotland for some fun.\u00c2\u00a0 Then Tokyo.\u00c2\u00a0 He\u2019d always loved Godzilla.<\/p>\n
When he could shoot lasers out of his eyes, Teddy was disappointed to discover they were no more powerful than typical laser pointers.\u00c2\u00a0 He teased a couple of cats.<\/p>\n
When he could move mountains, Teddy moved mountains.\u00c2\u00a0 It made the news.\u00c2\u00a0 It was amazing.\u00c2\u00a0 His picture made the cover of every supermarket tabloid.<\/p>\n
When he could explode things, Teddy exploded things.\u00c2\u00a0 He exploded himself.\u00c2\u00a0 That was the last time anyone saw Teddy.\u00c2\u00a0 Which really ought to make you wonder: what can he do now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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