A little boy is stealing some melons, and in place of a large one he substitutes a balloon of the same size. When his parents come to get a melon for themselves they find only a balloon, which flies away before their astonished eyes and gets entangled in a tree. Being anxious to capture it, the old man holds a ladder, which his wife endeavors to climb, but in doing so she and the ladder fall to the ground. This very much amuses the young rogue, who has hidden himself nearby.
—S. Lubin Mfg Co. (1907)