Up, up and away

“Oh dear”, mum thought guiltily as she watched the news. “ I should never have let him watch that film!” There was no mistaking the small figure at the window of the building, leaning precariously out and clutching in one determined hand a large red balloon.  The building was bobbing gently now just above the pavement. She watched with fascination, horror and more than a little pride as her son’s reenactment of ‘UP’ continued. What had taken a whole bunch in the film, her son had achieved with just one balloon! She probably ought to go and get him though before he really took off . . .

by Oliver Cripps’ mum