The Boy in the Balloon

Let's take away the cynicism, the media coverage, the modern day need to pick it apart, figure it out, lay the blame, and question motives. Let's look at this story on a purely romantic level. A young boy has stowed away on a strange air ship resembling a flying saucer. Or maybe it is a flying saucer. It untangles from its moorings and is flying freely across a vast land, with the threat of reaching a height of 10,000 feet or more. All the while, the boy is in a hidden compartment, perhaps peeking out to see the earth rushing by beneath him, trees, farms, cities, deserts, and finally, oceans. It has the beginnings of a great children's story, illustrated, animated, and narrated. A classic story of journeying, of chance, of growth, of discovery. A story of imagination and freedom.