The Rubber Bridge

I revved straight out from beneath the iron lantern's arched feet and hit the warm stone in an instant burst! The flagstone step dropped off abruptly toward the ground, but stalling was out of the question. Right at the rim, a firm green garden hose snaked across the gap, forming a slick, angled rubber bridge! I locked onto the line, banked hard into the curve, and let all four wheels bite into the rubber surface. Zip-zip-zip hummed the ribbed texture right through my chassis with electric friction! I launched off the hose tail and touched down smooth on the wide garden paver below, coasting forward on open ground!