Downhill Somersault

That fuzzy neon-yellow sphere was perched right on the driveway slope, just daring me to move! Chomp! I leaped and clamped my teeth rock-solid onto the thick rubbery seam! Whoa—gravity kicked in! The ball lurched forward, and before I could plant my fins, we were rolling down the smooth asphalt! Roll-thump-whirrr! My belly flipped over my dorsal fin, my tail whipping full circles in the air like a tiny propeller! Concrete, sky, concrete, sky! Did my jaws loosen? Not a single millimeter! We finally hit the raised brick border—boing!—and bounced to a halt in the warm grass, still locked together like champions!