Balloon Man

• Laura Marmion, Grade 3
• Short Story
• 2010

It must be valentines day. A man stands in the woods holding rosy-read love heart balloons. The love hearts look like huge bubbles floating away. The man has short dark hair, dark skin and is wearing an Indian outfit. The woods have large spooky trees. It is so cold that the man has to put a cover over his car so that it won’t blur the windows. Some balloons are trying to fly away. Maybe he owns a business of making balloons and selling them. He stands in the darkness, waiting for someone to walk past and buy one of his balloons. The clouds look grey and it looks like it might rain.