YES! You do have a case!! Does mommy think you broke it?? The real villian must be found out and punished. He should go out tonight and get you a new ball. The shame of it all.

Do you have a case? There is always a case, even when there is no case. In any case, I'm having a touch of the mad cow tonight. But I'm sure we can come up with something. We will start with reckless endangerment, as he could have stepped on you instead, followed by willful destruction of property, and, the most serious case, tampering with evidence of a crime and an attempted cover-up of said crime. I don't think we'll even need to go to trial on this one, Murphy my friend. Bring me a bottle of Glenlivet and some Cuban cigars and we'll talk.

There was talk about getting new toys to replace the broken toys, but Mom and Dad haven't done anything yet. The Glenlivet I can get but I will have to work on the cigars.

Nope, Mom saw it in the trash and said "why is Murphy's toy in the trash?" and then Dad fessed up. But I still don't have any rattle toys to play with.