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When my brother was very young, he loved super heroes.
He collected plastic figures of all the super heroes.
I think he had every super hero figurine that there was.
He used to tie a towel over his shoulders and run through the back yard.
He pretended that he was rescuing people.
One time he stood on the roof.
He really thought that he could fly with his super hero cape on.
He would have hurt himself if he had jumped.
My dad saw him and told him to get down.
My dad explained to my brother that super heroes are not real.
Real people cannot fly from rooftops.
My brother was disappointed.
He thought that the super heroes really existed.
My dad explained that most super heroes were created as comic book characters.
Somebody used their imagination to make them up, and then an artist drew them.
My brother was not impressed.
He said that he wanted to meet the super heroes.
My father told him that he might meet someone dressed up as a super hero, but it
wouldn’t really be a super hero in the costume.
It is hard to explain to small children that the things that they see in comic books and on television aren’t really real.
My brother still pretends that he is a super hero.
He doesn’t jump from rooftops, but he runs around and makes noises like he is flying.
I look at him and remember when I used to do things like that.
I’m more mature than my brother.
I know that super heroes aren’t real, but I know that he is having fun and using his imagination.
Ketika adikku masih sangat kecil, dia sangat menyukai pahlawan super. Dia mengumpulkan figur plastik dari semua pahlawan super. Kurasa dia punya setiap figur pahlawan super yang pernah ada. Dia biasa mengikatkan handuk di bahunya dan berlari di halaman belakang. Dia berpura-pura menyelamatkan orang. Suatu kali dia berdiri di atap. Dia benar-benar berpikir bahwa dia bisa terbang dengan jubah pahlawan supernya. Dia akan terluka jika dia melompat. Ayahku melihatnya dan menyuruhnya turun. Ayahku menjelaskan kepada adikku bahwa pahlawan super tidak nyata. Orang sungguhan tidak bisa terbang dari atap. Adikku kecewa. Dia pikir pahlawan super itu benar-benar ada. Ayahku menjelaskan bahwa sebagian besar pahlawan super diciptakan sebagai karakter buku komik. Seseorang menggunakan imajinasi mereka untuk membuat mereka, dan kemudian seorang seniman menggambar mereka. Adikku tidak terkesan. Dia bilang dia ingin bertemu dengan para pahlawan super. Ayahku mengatakan kepadanya bahwa dia mungkin bertemu seseorang yang berpakaian seperti pahlawan super, tetapi itu tidak akan benar-benar menjadi pahlawan super dalam kostum itu. Sulit untuk menjelaskan kepada anak-anak kecil bahwa hal-hal yang mereka lihat di buku komik dan di televisi tidak benar-benar nyata. Adikku masih berpura-pura menjadi pahlawan super. Dia tidak melompat dari atap, tetapi dia berlari-lari dan mengeluarkan suara seolah-olah dia terbang. Aku melihatnya dan ingat ketika aku dulu melakukan hal seperti itu. Aku lebih dewasa dari adikku. Aku tahu bahwa pahlawan super tidak nyata, tetapi aku tahu bahwa dia bersenang-senang dan menggunakan imajinasinya.