Maria drops the ball

Maria takes the reel of string outside, wandering into the garden, where she looks up and spots the upstairs balcony of the house.

She drops the reel from the balcony, and the string breaks under the stress, just as the reel it hits the ground.

As she tries to wind the string back up in her arms, she asks Olli if she can try again, and he says she cannot.

Maria therefore finishes with just 6 metres of string unravelled, but this is still good enough to earn her second place.

(Written by Nic Greyson and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Nic Greyson and adjusted by David Fuller)