Sidewalk Sphere Rider

I squeezed through the front door gap and scampered down the lobby stairs straight out into the bright street! Resting in the gutter beside a leafy street tree was a giant, fuzzy neon-yellow orb—a forgotten tennis ball! Ih! I leaped straight onto the curved felt dome, digging all four paws into the scratchy rubber fuzz. Wobble-roll! The bouncy beast sprang forward down the sidewalk slope! My plush feet scrambled furiously, log-rolling faster and faster while my big ears whipped back in the rush of air. Just as I struck a balancing crouch, the ball went thud-clunk against a raised brick planter, flipping me cleanly into a pile of dry lawn clippings. Grrr-ha! Rolling ride conquered!