Helicopter Leap

I slipped through the narrow gap beside the front screen door and bounded straight out onto the sunlit porch steps! Right above my nose, a brown winged seed twirled down from the maple tree like a spinning helicopter! I didn't even stop to measure the drop—I launched off the top step with all four paws spread wide! Whoosh! I clamped it right against my chest and tumbled onto the warm lower plank! It didn't break! Look, its delicate paper wing is tucked safely under my paw, pointing right toward the open yard!