You know how when you watch your first superhero movie, or play your first action game, you
start wishing really hard to get super powers?
Well, that’s what happened to me.
The problem is, my wish came true.
One day, I was playing a video game and got the 6th sense – eagle vision.
It was awesome!
I could see in the dark, spot people who were hiding from me, and see details from miles
away.
Before I went to bed, I started thinking about what it would be like in real life.
I’m woken up by the sound of my alarm.
It’s the first day of school after Halloween.
I reach for my glasses on my dresser, but right before I put them on, I notice something
strange.
Everything is already clear; I don’t need them.
My short-sightedness is gone, and everything looks different.
Hmm.
At least my brother won’t call me four-eyes anymore, that’s for sure.
As I scan around my room, I notice that my dresser isn’t the same shade as it used
to be; it has even more colors.
How’s that possible?
Should I tell someone?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen more clearly in my life.
Could I really have eagle vision just like in the game?
If we know one thing about eagles, it’s that they have the best vision.
I bet they eat a handful of carrots every day.
Oh, wait, did you know that’s just a myth?
Before you and I were even born, the British Airforce came up with new radar technology
that helped them spot and take down planes at night.
Since it was top secret, when asked about it, they just said: “Well, it’s because
we’re eating a lot of carrots”.
And that’s why everyone thinks that if they eat carrots, they’ll have perfect vision.
Uh oh!
I better head downstairs before I’m late for school.
I’m not sure if I should tell anyone.
What if they ask about my glasses?
I’ll have to figure something out.
I go into the kitchen where my mom is cooking breakfast.
Yes!
Waffles!
She puts 2 waffles cut into 4 pieces in front of me.
As I go to pour my syrup, I see it coming out in super slow motion, taking all sorts
of forms, and the light is shining through it.
It’s mesmerizing.
Woops!
Now my waffles are drenched in maple syrup.
– Yum.
After breakfast, I run outside to catch the bus.
My eyes focus on a tree in the park 2 miles away.
I didn’t even know it was there before.
And are those ants crawling on it?
Hey, look at their little legs stepping on top of each other.
HOW DID I DO THAT?
Ok, I definitely have super powers.
I wonder if I can put them to the test.
I won’t have to study for my exams.
I can just pin my book on a tree, look outside the window, and copy all the answers.
I’ll never have to study again.
I’m starting to like the idea of eagle vision even more.
This cool trick is possible because eagles have something in their retina called the
Fovea.
No, it has nothing to do with my fear of flying.
The fovea of an eagle’s eye has 1,500 cells per square inch – 4 times more than I had
before.
It’s like my eyes are turning into a DSLR camera.
I always wanted one of those to zoom in on things that are far, far away.
Now I have one embedded in my eyes.
And the resolution is unbelievable.
To give you an idea, I’ll have to bust out my iPad.
Wait a sec…
Ok, here it is.
Take a look at the pixels in my retina display: they’re so tiny that you can’t see them.
So, it can fit a ton of pixels in one small space.
To show you how I was seeing things before, I gotta dig through my dad’s drawer.
Oh, here it is.
It’s the unbreakable Nokia 3310.
Look at the screen: it has just a few, VERY visible pixels in the same size space.
I wish I could play snake now, but I have more experiments to do with my vision.
My best friend is the first one to notice I’m not wearing glasses.
So, I fess up about my new super vision.
But he doesn’t believe me at first, so we decide to meet after class to put my eyes
to the test.
We walk to the football field, where I sit on one side and he sits on the other.
He starts typing something on his phone and shouts at me from across the field: “Read
what I just wrote on my phone!”
So my pupils dilate, and I zoom in on the screen, yelling back, “I skipped school
yesterday to go get ice-cream with my cousin”.
Hey!
Why didn’t he invite me?
After school my buddy and I start walking home.
A few feet away from us, he spots a family of 5 squirrels and points at the smallest
one.
I say “Which one?
The one with the red line on its fur?”
He gives me a puzzled look and we both realize at the same time: I can also see more colors
and shades.
While he could only see 5 identical squirrels, I could see all sorts of colors; even one
that I’ve never seen before.
As I move on to observe the hundreds of green shades on the grass, I catch something out
of the corner of my eye.
What is that wavy bright purple light traveling across the sky?
Is that ultraviolet?
Woah, I wish you could see it with me.
I need to go to the eye doctor and have my eyes checked.
Before, my vision was terrible; it was 20/100.
That means I had to stand 5 times closer to an object in order to see it.
A person with good vision would only have to stand 20 feet away.
That’s why you hear it called “20/20 vision”.
Now, things are reversed.
With eagle vision I can see the details of any object from far away without even squinting.
I bet my doctor won’t believe it.
I could tell him that eagles don’t have short-sightedness or far- sightedness, but
that would only raise more questions than answers.
It’s evening now, and I’m tired; my eyes feel kinda swollen.
I better head home and go check what’s going on in the mirror.
HEY!
My eyes just moved to the sides of my face a bit.
Weird.
Now they’re a pale-yellow color with hints of gold, and some green, and I see a few purple
lines in there.
And wait a minute….not 1 or 2, but THREE eyelids?
Even weirder.
And my head seems smaller than it was before.
Maybe that’s because the eagle’s brain is smaller than their eyes.
Jeesh, I hope my brain didn’t shrink…….
And I’m not mad, so what’s with the scowl?
I try to force a smile, but to no avail.
There’s a ridge coming out of my skull that makes me look angry.
I can hear a fly in my room.
I turn my head and it lands straight on my eye while I’m looking in the mirror.
Woah, my second eyelid closes and wipes it out like a windshield wiper.
As I lean in closer to the mirror, I notice that instead of blinking down, I blink up.
Just then, my brother barged in my room without knocking.
He screamed: “I can’t find Milo”, (our cat).
Then, I remember that I left the door open that morning as I was heading to school.
I can’t admit that though, I’d get into a ton of trouble.
I calmly say, “He’ll show up” and tell him to close the door.
I know I have to put my superpowers to good use.
I remember that eagles can find any living thing that’s hiding.
So, I quietly climb out my window and start looking.
I can’t see through walls, but I can see people inside their houses.
I keep walking down the street and see families having dinner, kids playing video games, and
others watching tv.
Then 2 miles away, near the freeway, I see milo chasing a little fox.
I immediately take off running towards him.
I manage to grab him just before he runs into traffic, and dart back home before anyone
notices I was missing.
I quietly open the front door and let him in.
Then I go back around to my window and climb back to my room.
I can’t risk anyone seeing me.
How will my parents react when they get home?
I guess I’ll have to tell them to look on the Bright Side.
First, I don’t need glasses, and secondly, wishes do come true.
I decide to go to bed and talk to everyone about my vision the next day.
But when I wake up, everything’s blurry.
I reach for my glasses and put them on.
My superpowers are gone.
I rush to the mirror and my eyes and face looked normal now.
Maybe this was a one-day thing, but I enjoyed it.
Hopefully next time I play a game I’ll get another superpower from it.
I could become the Flash.
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