A hysterical Rita believes that Ulysses had rabies and Miller becomes more determined to catch him. Meanwhile, the diner brings in Miller, an animal control expert who has a vendetta against squirrels due to having been demoted from his park warden duty following a rabid squirrel attack. Meescham who tells them that Ulysses is fine and also witnesses his intelligence. The owner of the apartment is also named Mr. Father and daughter grab him and flee back to his apartment which is monitored by a feisty cat named Mr. George sees firsthand that Ulysses has superhuman flight and strength. They stop by the diner Do-Nut World first, but Rita the waitress discovers Ulysses who begins to make a mess in the diner. When George arrives to see Flora, he and Phyllis discover Ulysses and he agrees to drop him off while he takes Flora out for the day. She regales her findings to Tootie's visiting nephew William Spiver who suffers from 'hysterical blindness' due to stress. Flora quickly discovers that Ulysses is not only sentient, but seems to possess superpowers as well. The next day, Ulysses uses Phyllis' vintage typewriter to type 'Squirtel. Flora resuscitates the squirrel and takes to naming him after the vacuum. A regular squirrel is sucked into it just as the machine dies. Their hardships have caused them to separate.įlora's next door neighbor Tootie experiences trouble with her Ulysses brand vacuum that begins running amok in her yard. Her father George is a failed comic book author who has since taken a job at an office supply store called Binders Keepers overseen by his boss Chad while her mother Phyllis is a romance novelist who had won an award in the past, but has since hit writer's block. Set in the 21st century in a suburban town in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Flora Belle Buckman is a cynical 10-year-old girl who likes to get lost in the world of superheroes from the comics she reads.

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