by Lee Kirby
A short distance away, Penelope and Professor Turtle faced off.
Up on the shelf, overlooking the battle, Whiskerface and the Rat Pack were squeaking with glee.
“Oh, this is the best!” cried Whiskerface, wiping away a tear of joy. “This is even funnier than that time I scared the lunch lady and she tripped and fell into the garbage!”
By now, Wonder Pig had grabbed Turbo by the legs and was holding him upside down. But now that Turbo was upside down, he had a new perspective on the classroom. And he could see Whiskerface!
“H-H-Hey! L-L-Look!” he yelled out, pointing. “W-W-Whiskerface!”
Wonder Pig dropped Turbo. “That dirty rat!”
The Superpets stopped fighting all at once. They looked around as if coming out of a daze. The classroom was a mess and they had been fighting their best friends. How embarrassing!
The Superpets looked up at Whiskerface.
And with that, Whiskerface and the Rat Pack scurried away deep into the walls.
“I told you we’d get you next time,” yelled the Great Gecko, shaking his fist.
“Yeah, you’re no match for us now!” said Turbo, raising Angelina’s arm. “Not when we have the Wonderful Wonder Pig back on our side!”
Angelina looked down at Turbo.
“Are we on the same side, Turbo?” she asked.
Turbo gulped. That funny feeling in his belly was back, but he knew how to get rid of it.
A superhero knew how to admit when he was wrong.
“Well then, what are we all waiting for?” asked Wonder Pig, turning to the other Superpets. “Turbo’s super outfit is still missing! We’ve got to find it!”
“I don’t get it!” said Penelope, hands on her hips. “Turbo’s stuff has disappeared better than I ever could!”
“Think back, Turbo,” said Wonder Pig. “Where was the last place you saw everything?”
“Well . . . ,” said Turbo, thinking, “it was when you were here, and we were reading a book.”
“It was so late I don’t remember it that well,” Wonder Pig admitted.
“Yeah! It was so late that my eyes were getting blurry. So I took off my goggles to wipe them clean with my cape—” Turbo stopped and looked right at Wonder Pig. The two of them raced over to the book nook, pulled out the book they had been reading, and—
The Superpets all gathered around Super Turbo and Wonder Pig, happy that Turbo had found his gear and their friends had made up.
“Hold on a second,” said Boss Bunny. “There’s still something I’m confused about. Wonder Pig, why did you miss the meeting in the cafeteria?”
“Yeah!” piped in The Green Winger. “And what was the secret thing you had to do?”
Wonder Pig flashed a big, goofy smile. “Well, I had wanted this to be a surprise . . . be right back!” And then she scampered off into the vents.
Wonder Pig returned a few minutes later with a curious box.
She held it up proudly and started her tale. “You see, when Turbo and I read about buried treasure the other night, I remembered a rumor I once heard.” The Superpets gathered around, eager to hear the story.
“Somewhere in this school there is a place where lost treasure magically appears,” she continued. “And that place is called: the Lost and Found.”
Wonder Pig went on to tell them how she’d decided to go on an adventure and hunt down this treasure, hoping to find something fun to bring back to her friends as a surprise. She had missed the meeting in the cafeteria because she had been busy drawing a map based on the clues that she’d overheard from one of the teachers. Then, late that night, after the Superpets had come to check on her, she had ventured into the halls to find the Lost and Found. And she had!
“And now I have something special for each one of you!”
With a flourish, Wonder Pig lifted the lid off the box and started pulling out items one by one.
Then, Wonder Pig turned to Super Turbo. “For you, I found something really special,” she said as she handed him something small and round.
It was a compass! “Now you’ll never get lost in the vents again!” Wonder Pig said proudly.
Super Turbo smiled a big smile. It was the perfect gift and Wonder Pig really was the perfect friend. He knew that he would never again doubt the awesomeness of . . .
About the Author and Illustrator
LEE KIRBY has the proportionate strength and abilities of a man-size hamster. He spends his days chewing up cardboard and running in giant plastic bubbles throughout his very own fortress of solitude in Brooklyn, New York. And, no, he is not related to world-famous Captain Awesome author Stan Kirby. Or is he?
GEORGE O’CONNOR is the creator of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series Olympians, in addition to serving as the illustrator of the Captain Awesome series. He is also the author and illustrator of the picture books Kapow!, Ker-splash, and If I Had a Triceratops. He resides in his secret Brooklyn, New York, hideout, where he uses his amazing artistic powers to strike fear in the hearts of bad guys everywhere!
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ISBN 978-1-5344-1182-1 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-5344-1181-4 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-5344-1183-8 (eBook)
