Balloon Juice

"Bubbles barked again, but she could not hear him. She screamed, but no scream was heard. What was emitted from her mouth was a tortured, strangled sound that resembled the croak of a creature dying of asphyxiation. It was as if the burrs that were affixed to her ankles had come loose, crept up the length of her body and found harbour in her throat. She gasped for air, and then screamed again. This time the scream pierced the forest canopy, startling pedestrians on Regent Street, nearly hal...