Pointy Purple Cone

Climbing out of the plastic ball pit onto the cool checkered floor. Paws shake off blue and yellow spheres. Target spotted resting on a party booth bench: shiny cone hat. Silver stars on purple paper, with a thin white elastic string hanging loose. I stalk across the vinyl seat. Stubby snout nudges the pointed paper tip. Wobble. Cone rolls. My front paw snags the thin stretchy band. Pull. Pull. Band stretches tight across the wood grain. Snap! The rubber string whips back with a loud twang, popping the cone into the air. It flips once and lands upside down. Grrr. I drop full plush chest onto the paper brim. Crinkle. Bouncing cone pinned flat. Table bench conquered.