Roots and wings

One day, a balloon decided that it was old enough to leave its garden and make its own way into the big wild world. But the balloon’s attempts to escape were thwarted when it found itself accidentally caught on a branch.

‘How strange!’ thought the balloon. ‘I’m sure I was cleared for takeoff. Someone must have tied up my string to stop me flying too far from the nest’ (the balloon was mixing its metaphors a bit here).

In other, completely unrelated news – as of today, my daughter is no longer a teenager. Happy birthday, twenty-year-old.

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