Rattling the Wire Gate

I bolted past the asphalt curb and skidded straight into the covered shopping cart corral! A long line of chrome wire carts was nested together like a steel caterpillar. Right on the rear cart, the swinging wire flap was hanging loose. Prime pendulum target! I coiled my hind legs, lunged upward, and struck the hinged metal grille with a full-force swipe of both front paws. Clack-rattle-clang! The wire flap swung inward, rebounded off the frame, and whipped back in a frantic metallic chatter. The vibrating steel hummed right through my front pads, sending tiny shockwaves through my white ruff before I clamped it steady with my chin!