Stepping Stone Sprint

I pushed past the mail slot and hopped down into the great outdoors! Right ahead lay a winding trail of smooth, grey garden stepping stones surrounded by crunchy brown gravel. A genuine platforming challenge! I sprinted forward, launched off the concrete porch, and hit the first stone flat on my boots. Thwack! The rough textured slate gripped my soles perfectly! I didn't stop—one, two, three rapid leaps across the gaps, clearing fallen orange leaves like tiny hurdles! On the fourth stone, my heel kicked a stray pinecone, sending it tumbling into the gravel bed with a crisp rattle. I threw my arms out, struck a steady balance right on the stone's rim, and pumped a fist at the open sky!