The shredding machine

Jim has a big red shredding machine.  He puts sticks and leaves into it and it shreds them into little bits.  I usually watch him from a distance because the machine is very loud.  Jim wears ear plugs but I don't have ear plugs and I would not like them anyway.  I will bring him my ball while he is working because he need to keep his throwing arm in shape for softball season.  I brought him my tennis ball and dropped it in the pile of leaves right next to him.  He scooped up my ball with a pile a leaves and it ended up in the big red shredding machine.  Next thing I knew the machine was making a funny noise and my ball was in little bits all over the place.  I could smell my ball but I couldn't find it to pick it up.  It was a very old ball and I had played with it so it had just the right smell.  I have lots of balls so I just went and found another one.