Looking back, you see that the ball is floating after you, looking more like a bubble. Whatever it is, it's bad news and you run even faster, which isn't easy when you're barefoot on a gravel path.
The bubble gets closer and closer until it closes over your head, then it starts floating away again with your head stuck inside it, dragging you back along the gravel path. "Ow! Ow! Ahh!" you yelp as the stones hurt your feet.
Where is the bubble taking you? Are you headed back to that sinister baker? What does he have planned for you?
And more to the point, is any air getting inside it?