Veruca and the Balloon

Preparing for my show tomorrow night, I was packing some balloons and I realized that my cat, Veruca has never seen a balloon.  So, I blew a little one up and placed it on the counter.

She ignored it for about twenty minutes, but I could tell she was interested.  She slowly mored closer to the balloon, trying not to seemed interested.  But curiosity got the better hold of her and she started to stare at it, then sniff it.  Slowly she started to bat at the balloon.  Now, if you know my cat, you know one thing in particular about her and that is, she keeps her claws very sharp.  This is when I started to worry.  I started to think maybe I was watching the old adage of "Curiosity Killed the Cat" come to life right before my eyes!  I pictured her popping the balloon and it causes her to be rather frightened.  As I thought this, the balloon rolled off the counter and onto the floor.  Veruca slinked after and then laid down next to it and just stared at it for a half an hour.  

Then nothing.  She got up looked at me and meowed as if to say, "You're an idiot.  I'm not stupid enough to mess with this stupid thing."

I got up popped the balloon and Veruca yawned.  Guess my cat is just way cooler than me.