Teacher: Lowrie

When Helena was born, all the people of the village were shocked and scared. The baby looked normal in every other way but had eyes the size of baseballs. When she was in preschool everybody thought she looked weird. As she grew up her body got larger but her eyes stayed the same. By the time she was in high school, people saw her as attractive, like a good-looking anime character.

Even though her eyes didn’t get bigger when she got older, they had unique power and acuity. She could see satellites revolving around the earth far, far away. Once she went to the beach and she could see millions of plankton swimming around her in the sea.

But the most incredible thing was that she could see into other people’s minds. She knew what they were thinking of, their emotions towards other people, and things like that. It sounds like a very powerful and awesome ability, but to her, it was a very difficult problem. She felt all the pain that was inside the people. But Helena got over it and tried to help them. She started talking to people who suffered from mental illness.

One day Helena met a boy while going home from school. He looked like a normal boy, but she could see the things happening inside his head. All kinds of crazy and complex things were happening in his mind. He was a kid who had parents who fought all the time. He was scared of bugs because he suffered from a lot of bugs that were all around his house since he was living in filthy conditions.

As she got to know him she decided to help. They went everywhere and did everything together. She saw the problem between his parents and she explained to them what the problems were. They solved their problems and became loving parents again. Also, Helena went to his house and exterminated all the bugs, even the ones that normal people couldn’t see. Naturally, they had good feelings about each other. In time they fell in love and lived interesting and happy lives together, forever.

The End

Discussion Questions:

Retell the story.

1) What was strange about the girl when she was born? How did it change when she got older? 

2) How did she deal with her problem? 

3) What are her special abilities and how did she get them?

4) What is the lesson from this story?

5) Do you have any special abilities?

6) Would you like to have powers like Helena? Why or why not?