Fun With Helium

Dear Diary,

My brother, William and I have been having so much fun lately! William does a trick for his treats. He stands on his hind legs and swipes his paws at his cheeks and ears. This is known around here as "doing ears".

William's favorite toy is the string attached to a helium balloon.

Yesterday was my little person, Joshua's, 6th birthday.

Several times I caught William all alone in the kitchen with a balloon string dangling out of reach, doing "ears" to it, hoping it would come down nicely and play with him.

Whenever one of our people hands him the string, he bites it and carries it to his food bowl. Of course once he sets it in there it floats back up to the ceiling.

I like this game, too, but I am so very much smarter than William, and so I figured out that I can hold the string with my paw by standing on it. William learned this trick from watching me. Mom was laughing when she watched him look at his paw, and move it carefully, along the floor without letting the balloon escape, so that he could sit more comfortably and look at his prize.

Mom wishes she could capture some of William's antics on video, but of course, whenever she tries to, it distracts him.

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