Operation Bookmark Recovery

I was checking the edge of the bookshelf when a metal binder clip caught my eye, pinned halfway under a leaning hardcover. A strip of fancy ribbon was caught in its jaws, dangling straight over the drop like a climber in distress! I couldn't just walk away. I grabbed a forgotten wooden pencil from a mug, slid it beneath the clip's wire loop, and used a paperback dictionary as a fulcrum. With a quick push, the spring snapped open, releasing the trapped ribbon onto the shelf below. Another successful neighborhood rescue!