We Can't Seem to Give This Away

Isaac-Albert was returned to us this afternoon. It was shortly after lunch when the cart that had taken him away appeared ominously over the hill.
It was the short one. He said that the audience's reaction was not what they had hoped for, and that he seemed to depress everyone who saw him. We regretfully took him back, and even more regretfully returned the $75 and the pony. William was so angry he spent several hours chasing Isaac-Albert around the house with a wooden rod until it got dark and we had to call him inside.