The Cork Launcher

I slipped through the pet flap and trotted straight into the kitchen, spotting a shiny stainless steel ice cream scoop resting on a checked dish towel. Leaning my blue umbrella against the bread bin, I scrambled up to inspect the springy mechanism. Inside the polished metal bowl was a slender wiper blade waiting to sweep! I nudged a forgotten wine cork from the cutting board into the hollow cup, braced my boots, and mashed the lever down with both hands. Click-snap! The little blade whipped across the bowl in a dizzy silver arc, catapulting the cork flying across the counter until it dropped with a tidy thud into an empty mug. Bulls-eye!