Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:47:18 +0100
From: Jan Lissens W 51737 <lissensj@access.bel.alcatel.be>
To: Don-E Benovitz <Don-E@sailtd.com>,
Subject: Mhe Mrekkie Mwister`s Marvelous Malloon Mouse

Don-E Benovitz wrote:

> I have an urgent need for a good, single balloon, mouse.  I know that instuctions for mice are common in beginner's books, but I am not happy with any that I've seen.  Can anyone do better?

Here is a very simple, very quick mouse. I hope you like it. Just don`t feed it to your cat unless you like a cat with an Art Garfunkelish hairdo.

Inflate a white or grey 260 about 14 inches. Start at the knot end. It is, in fact, a rather standard mouse, but with some ambellishments for the head

1. twist a 1 inch bubble and a small (0.5 inch maximum) bubble. Pinch twist the latter and twist in half
2. twist another 1 inch bubble. Now twist two more one inch bubbles and loop twist (actually it`s a large pinch twist) these.

This is the head, with the snout, eyes, head and ears

3. Twist a 1  inch bubble for he neck
4. Twist a 1,5 inch lock-twisted double bubble for front legs, a 1.5 inch bubble for the body, and another locktwisted 1.5 inch double bubble for the hind legs

You should be left with a small bubble and an uninflated section for the tail.

If you want to make it smaller and  mousier, make the bubbles even smaller, or use a 160 instead of a 260. Adjust the bubble sizes accordingly.