The Chalk Grid

I spotted a giant geometric obstacle course drawn right across the grey asphalt of the driveway. Vibrant pink and turquoise chalk boxes were lined up like an official testing track, complete with wobbly handwritten numbers! Tucking my trusty felt anvil tightly under one arm, I took a cartoonish running start and leaped onto square one. One paw down, thump! Hop to square two, squeak! When I went for the epic double-footed landing on squares four and five, my plush heels caught the slick powdery chalk. Whooosh! My legs splayed out into a perfect cartoon slide, surfing across the pavement before stopping right at the edge. My paws are completely dusted in pastel pink, and it was glorious!