I must share with you a story: My middle son, when he was about 2 or 3 would drive me CRAZY. He would have a balloon, and tell me calmly, "I want to let it go".
Knowing past episodes, I'd tell him, "No, just take it inside. If you let it go, I cannot get it back."
So...he would let it go, watch in joy for perhaps one-half second until it got about ten feet in the air, and then begin shrieking, "I want it BACK!"
We performed this psycho-drama many, many times for several years. This wonderful photo brought it all back (he's 14 and much more rational now).