Snapping Yellow Ribbon

Shaking lawn clippings from my plush fur, I trotted up the stairs and squeezed back inside our apartment. Right on the low wooden coffee table sat a chunky yellow tape measure! Ih! A shiny metal tongue poked out from the slot. I grabbed the cold metal lip with both paws and backed up fast—*whirrr-zippp!* A stiff yellow ribbon shot out, arching high above my head like a shiny steel rainbow stamped with black numbers! Grrr-ha! I stomped my foot down on the spring-lock lever—*CLACK-SNAP!* The entire metal strip zipped right back into its plastic belly in a lightning flash, flapping my ears back with the sudden breeze! Pocket launcher mastered!