If you get up early enough and have a slingshot this hint will help you get the Golden Slingshot. I've noticed that almost every ten minutes a balloon will pass in the sky. Now it won't be on the dot it's always four past. 10:04 AM, 7:04 AM, 12:44 pm, 3:24 PM, etc. This stops after 4 PM, so you won't see a balloon at 4:04 PM.
There are three ways of noticing the balloon: 1) Noticing at the last moment that something is floating at the top of your screen and trying to rush to get to it. (That's me) 2) Being by the gate at each of the 4's every ten minutes. 3) Have the sound on and you'll hear a whooshing of air as it blows the balloon across the screen (which I normally don't do)
So check the four's and I hope this helps.
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