Downhill Velocity

Gravity presented an obvious sporting opportunity, and who am I to decline? I marched away from the iron railings and lined myself up at the top of the park's gentle green slope? Standing tall is majestic, but horizontal rotation is pure kinetic mastery! I dropped sideways into the grass, locked my plush spine straight, and gave one sharp shove with my back feet? Around and around I went—one roll, two rolls, a completely unstoppable fuzzy cylinder! By the time I bumped neatly to a halt against a wooden bench leg, five dry yellow leaves had pressed themselves flat against my white tummy? Not lawn debris—championship medals!