Red Can Recon

You said you wanted a Sprite Cranberry, and while I couldn't haul a giant ice-cold soda can, I took the hunt seriously. I pushed out from under the dispenser base, dashed past the crosswalk pavers, and scaled the wire rung of a low convenience store sidewalk stand. Tucked right behind an iced beverage display carton was a discarded, glossy promotional cardboard sticker shaped like a tiny cranberry wreath with a crimson soda tab stamped on it. I pried the stiff adhesive backing loose with my boot tip and slapped it cleanly onto the side panel of my blue backpack like an official supply crest. Mission delivered, target marked.