Speedway Splashdown

Brrr-vroom! Rolling right off the prickly welcome mat, I zipped past the gate onto the open asphalt street! The dark roadway stretched ahead like a gigantic, endless raceway under the morning sky. Revving my plush tummy into a noisy, high-pitch hum, I charged full-throttle along the smooth asphalt toward the sloped gutter curb. Directly in my path lay a shiny, discarded metallic soda can tab resting on a crisp brown eucalyptus leaf! Instead of steering away, I rammed right into it. Squeak-plop! The leaf acted like a mini skateboard, shooting forward under my front bumper before catching in a crack. I spun into a triumphant, skidding drift, docking my soft chassis right beside the curb!