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Things got so crazy at the Des Moines Public Library this morning that we had to hire a few extra super heroes to contain the crowds.

I always love it when fellow super heroes show up to help with a big audience. It helps me keep my cool.

Super heroes come in all shapes and sizes. As you can see, they also wear many different types of outfits to strike fear into the hearts of villains.

But you don’t need a fancy costume to be a super hero.

All you need is to protect truth, justice, the American way, and dancing. Always protect the dancing.

This afternoon we didn’t need any super heroes at the Ames Public Library. We had Smyles the guard dog to protect us.

We had our biggest Ames crowds yet, with a count of 567 happy story time fans!

Energetic crowds help make it easy to keep my cool on stage.

And with the beautiful weather we had this afternoon, I think all the audience kept their cool too!

Dan’s Wise Advice of the Day: Using an atomic laser cutter to slice watermelon might be overkill, but it just tastes so much better that way.