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A cool breeze blows through the hair of a particular rodent, as his mighty claws grip to the roof of a building. The whizzing cars and bustling sidewalks hum with an unknowing gratitude to their guardian; the purple patriot, Mighty Muskrat. His sharp eyes pierce through the night as the gloomy glow of the stars above illuminates the fog as it rolls in from the bay. He leaps from his perch as unnoticed as he had stood a blink earlier, and he began his run through the unsleeping city.

The Fans stood, as the Marlborough Muskrat balanced above the endzone on the bars of the field goal. His precarious perch failed him, just as everybody hoped; a thud brought his flailing body to the ground, smooth as homemade peanut butter. The crowd laughed; entertained as the mascot stumbled a pathetic jog across the football field to start the game.

Pit-pat-pit-pat. The pads of feet fly furiously, connecting with their metallic hosts with perilous precision. A streak of brown fur and purple cape shoots through the streets, until, quite to his surprise, his stiff ears catch a shrill cry. “HELP! That man stole my purse!”

At half-time, the mascot took an uncoordinated trip through the stands. A ball of brown fur and purple cape rolled down the stairs, and the kid in the costume made an awkward recovery. Finding his feet, he listened to the crowd’s laughter. Among the cheers, he happened to hear a small cry. “HELP! That man stole my purse!”

The chase began. Hundreds of eyes turned in amazement, as the blundering mascot suddenly found some sense of athleticism that even he hadn’t ever known before. The thief made his best dash, but he was soon overtaken by a heap of cotton.

Violet Vengeance tears through every muscle in his body. His mask forms to a concentrated scowl, and this petty thief knows with once glance backward that his time is up. Before adrenaline can even run its course through his veins, he is apprehended by the tense paws of a very large muskrat, and within seconds, the handbag is returned to the smitten citizen.

The Principal stood from his seat and walked to where the exhausted Melvin Morale stood. taking the microphone, he announced the valour of the panting adolescent. “Son,” he said, “in a small way, you’ve been a hero today. Why don’t you take off your mask and show us who you are?”
“No,” came a feeble reply, “I’d prefer not, sir.”

On most occasions, Mighty Muskrat leaves the scene before he can receive any praise for his worthy efforts. But, today, the Mayor steps from the crowd, having been at the right place at the right time. “Mighty Muskrat,” he says, “in a big way, you’ve been a hero today. Why don’t you take off your mask and show us who you are?”
“No,” booms a deep voice in reply, “I’d prefer not, sir.” Before the Mayor can protest, the robust rat leaves the crowd below. With little success, each looks into the sky to catch a lucky glimpse of his rippling cape before he is out of sight for good.

At least, until the next time a crook makes the mistake of messing with...
MIGHTYMUSKRAT!

PB's of Superheroes

While planting with the wonderful Sarah Haveman, who puts up with my singing and terrible conversation, i devised a list of the PB's (personal best) of various superheroes if they were planters, based on their powers.

Jordan- 3 750 trees.

Superman- 245 000. Superman is able to fly, and coupled with x-ray vision and telescopic vision, he can organize his land in seconds. his top speed is slightly faster than a speeding bullet, which moves at an average of 9 500 km/h. compared to an average PB of 4 000, and an average human top speed of 20 km/h, he can plant 200 000 trees, and with an added handicap provided by his x-ray vision, super endurance because of the power of the yellow sun of the Earth, he could likely plant an additional 45 000 trees.

Wonder Woman- 6 000. She has her lasso of truth, which does nothing for her advantage. besides being generally in better shape than a normal person, she has the power of flight. I give her an above average, but not amazing PB.

The Wonder Twins- 2 400. Zan can turn into anything made of water or ice, which is entirely useless. Jayna can turn into any animal, which as far as I can see, also helps her little. plus, they suck.

Batman- 12 000. Batman is the world's greatest detective, but although he knows who's stashing trees, it does not help his planting rate. However, he is learned in numerous martial arts, and has almost complete control of his body. plus, he has many wicked cool gadgets. (note, I am referring to the Christian Bail batman, not the Adam West batman. I give him 1500)

The Incredible Hulk- 9 000. This is difficult to judge, because as normal, everyday Bruce Banner, he can't plant trees, he's a lame scientist. if he gets too angry, he will be unable to hold the tiny trees. However, I believe that with some minor annoyances, usually those provided by the gong-show life of the tree planter, he could grow to a maximum of 9 feet and still be able to use his powers to advance his planting ability.

Aquaman- 0. He talks to fish, people!

The Green Lantern- 35 000. The Green lantern can create an additional eight shovels before he cannot concentrate on all of then at the same time. using this, he can couple his multiplicity with his ability to fly, and organize his land well. note: this would have to be any green lantern except for Alan Scott, since his ring was useless on wood.)

The Flash- uncountable. He can go at the speed of light! Barry Allen reached the speed of light and met the speedsters, who give him his powers. he would demolish every other hero.

Mighty Muskrat- 100 000. Mighty Muskrat cannot fly, but he uses small round discs which do fly to use his super speed ability to fly through the sky. these are yet unnamed, so feel free to make a suggestion. otherwise, he has keen vision in order to spy out the best microsites, but since this is a PB, I'm assuming he's in cream.