"Desperately Seeking Airborne Rodent. Reward!"

Although a weird story, I work a lot with kids and love stuffed animals myself; so I know what this little girl is suffering...

"Time is running out for Mousie the mouse who, tied to two birthday balloons, was last seen soaring helplessly over the Berkeley hills toward points east.

Mousie has been gone for a week now. Mousie's owner, an 11-year-old girl who tied him to the balloons in the first place, is as distraught as an 11-year-old girl can be.

"It's a tragedy,'' said Caroline Nielsen. "I feel terrible. It should never have happened. Mousie is a member of the family.'' "

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=o(