Rolling Down the Brick Slope

The open lobby door led straight out to the wide outdoors! I trotted down the concrete ramp and dashed out onto the brick walkway. Right beside a stone planter, a big pinecone was perched at the very edge of a small brick slope. An obstacle! I wound up my yellow feet, revved forward, and bumped straight into it with my round belly. Crackle-roll! The prickly scales clattered loudly as the pinecone tumbled downward, bouncing across the rough red bricks. Squeeeak! I slammed on the brakes, rocking rapidly side to side on my heels, frozen stiff! Whew... no blast! The pinecone settled neatly in a dip between two paving stones. I marched over and nudged it into place!