Charlotta in the hallway with the cactus

Charlotta chooses the hallway and the cactus.

After reading the second task brief, Charlotta tilts the cactus towards the floor, and it promptly falls straight out of its pot and pops a balloon.

Charlotta picks up the cactus and quickly starts popping balloons, destroying 18 before realising that she has not been keeping count. She continues popping, while asking David if the room contains exactly 99 balloons, or if he knows exactly how many balloons there are. David replies that he does not know, but suggests that she must feel pretty cool.

Eventually, Charlotta – having popped 98 balloons – says that she feels that she has popped 99. After a brief hesitation, she then pops one more, and yells “Stop the timer!”.

Charlotta pops 99 balloons in 1 minute and 43 seconds, and so wins the task.

(Written by Jenny R and proofread by Karl Craven)

(Illustrations collected by Jenny R and adjusted by Karl Craven)