Christy--Assignment #5--When I Discovered My Superpower

I discovered my superpower on a freezing, rainy day in October. I have to admit, I was sort of expecting to wake up that morning with a superpower. I’ve heard from all of my friends that standardized testing actually does change your life. So, when I went to bed in the evening of the day I took the PSAT exam, I knew that I would wake up a different person.
That night, I dreamed strange dreams, many of them involving George Clooney. When I awoke, that fateful and dreary day, I looked at my hands to see if they had webbing, and at my wrists, because perhaps I could shoot spider’s silk from them, but I couldn’t. I meandered down the stairs to make my morning tea, and I found out that, after all, I couldn’t light things on fire with my brain.
My spirits were high and I was determined to find my superpower, so I went outside, shivering and sneezing, and I crawled on top of the garage. I figured that most superhero abilities involve doing cool things on top of buildings, so this really was the place to start. Further investigation led me to conclude that I could not change my appearance at will, grow scales, or make anything I touched turn into gold.
I slid off the roof and went inside to make myself a baked potato. I rummaged around in the pantry, but the potato I found was really old, so I decided to throw it into the woods. I grasped it in my right hand and headed for the front door. When I got outside, I prepared myself to chuck the potato as far as I could, but something was very wrong. The potato looked…different. I got scared, so I dropped it, and it landed on the front step with a squeal. “Dude, did that potato just squeal?” I knelt down to get a better look at it, and the potato looked right back at me.
So, that was the day I discovered my superpower. I suppose my unique ability to bring moldy potatoes into an animated form of life can be called a special gift.