The Wooden Stirrer Perch

Unspooling from my paper receipt sleeve, I scampered straight over to the wooden condiment stand on the patio! Resting across an empty ceramic cup was a thin wooden coffee stirrer, cantilevered out over the edge. Perfect narrow beam! I leaned forward, gripping the edge of the cup with one bendy arm, and placed both fuzzy feet carefully onto the wooden strip. Creak... wobble! The stick flexed under my weight, bobbing up and down over the deep ceramic hollow. I twisted my core sideways, spread my arms wide like a tightrope walker, and balanced right on the dipping tip!