Tape Measure Launch

Bright yellow plastic casing lying right on the floorboards! High contrast! No waiting around. I dropped flat from the chair rung and charged straight at it. A tiny black rubber tab was sticking out the side. Target! I gripped the metal tongue with both plush arms and yanked hard backwards. Zzzzzzt! The thin yellow metal tape snapped out three whole feet across the dark floor. Stiff and gleaming! I leaped right on top of the extended blade. Click—snick! The spring recoiled under my weight, rocketing me two feet forward across the planks in a blur! Unstoppable propulsion!