The Click of the Wooden Clackers

Pika! Pika-chu! Sliding off the credenza into the bright morning, I spotted a wooden balancing toy resting atop the low side table. Suspended from twin curved wires were two smooth wooden spheres, hanging motionless side by side. I scampered up, gripped one hanging ball with both paws, pulled it high into the air, and let go! Clack! It swung down, struck the center sphere, and immediately tossed the opposite ball flying up in a crisp arc! Back and forth they clicked with a sharp, rhythmic wooden beat. I sat on my haunches, tail twitching in rhythm as the spheres kept dancing!