The Copper Coil Spring

I squeezed right under the front fence pickets and marched out onto the open sidewalk for a proper morning expedition! Tipped against the garden curb sat an old red metal wagon packed with scrap flowerpots and a thick spool of shiny copper garden wire. An absolute treasure! I lunged right in, wedged my plastic saw blade under a tight copper ring, and yanked with my entire plush body. Sproing-twang! The whole spool erupted like a live spring, whipping out in crazy zigzags across the concrete and knocking a small terracotta pot clattering straight into my foot! I threw my jaw wide open and let out a huge, raspy cackle—now that is a snappy contraption!