The Fate Of All Toys

The piny branch thing, which began with 3 sub-branches and 3 other things - pinecones, maybe? - is now down to just the 3 sub-branches, but its mobility has not been impaired: it still at least daily makes it up the stairs from the basement. This morning the human noticed it / ignored it in the kitchen; by the time she got out of the shower, it had been magicked into the bedroom, where, of course, she stepped on it with her clean bare foot...