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A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

A boy makes friends with a seemingly sentient red balloon, and it begins to follow him. It follows him to the bus stop, to school, and to church. They play together in the streets of Paris and try to elude a gang of boys that wants to steal it.—alfiehitchie

On his way to school, a young adolescent boy sees a red balloon tied to a lamppost, which he unties and takes with him. He treats it with care, much like he would another human In return, it becomes his friend. He no longer even needs to hold onto its string as it willingly follows him around. But as he was attracted to it in friendship, a gang of boys also becomes interested in it and tries to take it away from him, not all with the best of intentions. His efforts to protect it leads to his kindness being paid several times over in return.—Huggo

What started as yet another ordinary day at school paved the way for an unexpected and equally exciting adventure when wide-eyed Pascal freed a glossy, helium-filled, bright-red balloon that had got tangled up with a lamppost. And, as tentativeness turned into trust, the two became inseparable. But now, amid the grey, rain-soaked streets of 1950s Ménilmontant, greed sparks feelings of envy and rivalry among the neighbourhood's children. Is little Pascal's happiness doomed to be short-lived?—Nick Riganas