Wheel of Steel

The cedar step was behind me! I marched straight down the flagstone path toward the deep garden shadows. Halfway along sat an immense iron hose reel cart, tipped slightly over the grass rim! An unmapped behemoth! I didn't skirt the frame. Direct assault! I charged right up and hooked my rear claws onto the knobby steel spoke of the large wheel. Cold, ribbed metal bit right into my soles! I whipped my tail high for balance, wedged my lower jaw against a rusted crossbar, and heaved. Screeech! The wheel groaned and turned half an inch! Ground conquered!