Animal Girl the Hero
By Ananya Gupta
Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved animals and the animals loved her back. She was
about 9 and her name was Tanu, but everybody called her Animal Girl since she loved animals so much.
She lived in a house surrounded by grass, pretty flowers, a river, trees, and most important of all,
animals. Yet she wasn’t Animal Girl or a hero…..until now.
A magic leaf flew into Tanu’s hand. “Who or what do you wish to be?”asked the magic leaf.
Startled, Tanu stuttered, “A…n...i…..mal…..gir….l, Animal Girl.” And with a whirl of wind, she BECAME
Animal Girl! “Now that you have collected the wisdom about animals and your powers, go defeat the
Paralyzer.” Said the magic leaf. Having known the Paralyzer as her arch-enemy, she set off.
She stopped. She gasped. She saw a momma lion sobbing uncontrollably which filled Animal
Girl’s heart with sorrow. Her gaze fell upon a paralyzed baby lion. She cringed. She knew whose work
this was, the Paralyzer. She flew down to the momma lion keeping her distance. “I am here to help.”
Animal Girl whispered softly. The momma lion, understanding let Animal Girl go near her cub. Animal
Girl found the herbs she needed and made a powder.
After she made it, she used her power to open the cub’s mouth. The momma lion curled her lip
a little, but eventually softened. She poured the powder into the cub’s mouth, which then opened his
eyes and gleefully galloped toward is mom. Animal Girl smiled. She loved seeing animals happy.
But news comes, and Animal Girl frowned, realizing every animal in the state was being
paralyzed by the Paralyzer! She couldn’t just make the powder and pour it in every single animal’s
mouth! “What should I do?” wailed Animal Girl. She couldn’t use her powers or either she would be
paralyzed or no animal could come and help her because they’d get PARALYZED! She sat on a rock
pulling her long black hair and pondering. “I got it!” she exclaimed, “I really, really got it!”
“I’ll eat the powder myself because then I will get the power to just spray it over animals!”
crowed Animal Girl proudly. Satisfied, she set off. She found the herbs she needed, made the powder,
and finally ate it. A green glow surrounded her green suit, blue pants, black boots, and even the white
circle in the middle that had the letter “A” inside! She brought her power together; no Paralyzer was any
match for her, her brain, and her power. Animal power.
When she finally reached space, just about as she was about to spray her powder… BAM! A
deafening blast hit her ear. The Paralyzer had just paralyzed every living thing on Earth! “THIS IS
ENOUGH!” “It’s time to teach the Paralyzer his lesson.” thought Animal Girl. She clenched her teeth, fire
blazing in her eyes, she chanted an unusual anthem. And with burst of green power, she took away the
Paralyzer’s power!
“What did you do to me?!” huffed the Paralyzer who was helplessly trying to use his powers. “I
simply took away your powers.” crooned Animal Girl calmly. With that she put him in a cage (controlled
by her). She said, “Hmm, I need one more ingredient.” she shot a mischievous look at the Paralyzer. She
went over to him, and pulled a piece of hair from his head. The Paralyzer yelped in his black suit with
purple cape, “Yeeoww!” She put his piece of hair on her skin and sprayed the Earth with her power and
everyone woke up! She took the Paralyzer to the police and it was behind the bars for him. And his
powers were destroyed. “Hooray for Animal Girl!” shouted everyone on Earth. Animal Girl knew there
was more to come, but there was no reason to worry right now. She celebrated with everyone,
happiness all around her, joy, and most important of all, animals.
THE END!
(Author’s Note)
(It’s up to you to imagine if Tanu has parents or not…)