Springboard Slip

A dropped plastic pen cap was sitting right by the sofa leg, gleaming like an obstacle cone! I charged forward and used it as a pivot, spinning sharply around the corner. But my back shoe caught a loose magazine cover instead, sending me gliding across glossy paper until I skidded right under the low fabric hem of the couch. Talk about an unexpected shortcut! I popped my head out, totally ready to map the underside of this giant fortress.