Mr Hat and his mischievous dog Fafik find strange bubbles in the garden, and the biggest one has a very surprising idea.
Mr Hat was famous all over town for one thing: his enormous, colourful hat. Nobody ever saw his hair, but everybody knew his dog, Fafik, who snorted little laughs and loved trouble.
One morning Mr Hat opened the garden door and froze. Bubbles were floating everywhere. Big bubbles. Tiny bubbles. Bubbles that shimmered like jelly and glowed pink, blue, and gold.
Fafik gave a hop of excitement. He darted after the nearest one and snapped at the air. Missed.
Then he spotted the biggest bubble of all. It wobbled above the rose bushes, as round as a beach ball and twice as curious-looking.
“Fafik, don’t you dare,” said Mr Hat.
Too late.
Fafik leaped. The giant bubble stretched, quivered, and gulped him right in the middle. For one tiny second he stared out from inside it with a very surprised face.
Then the bubble lifted off the grass.
Fafik started to float. Higher. Higher. Straight toward the clouds.