Static Spark Ambush

I noticed an abandoned yellow balloon hovering low near the warm floorboards by the radiator, bobbing with every tiny drift of air! Naturally, I charged right over to claim the summit. I scrambled up the glossy rubber curve, digging my heavy golden talons into the tight surface. Squeak-squeak-snap! The static friction built up so fast that when my wing brushed against the iron radiator pipe, a bright blue spark literally leaped across the gap! Zzzt! The shock sent me tumbling backward onto a knitted wool rug, blinking in total astonishment while the charged balloon stubbornly stuck to my back wing!