Field guide No. 1447

In a dim barn, a round hay bale has been pulled into two halves, still joined by long straight straws spanning the gap. Neither half will admit to being the bale.

Hay bale with a hollow middle

Stretched to the middle

In a dim barn, a round hay bale has been pulled into two halves, still joined by long straight straws spanning the gap. Neither half will admit to being the bale.

Field noteHay is pressed tight and tears when pulled, but these straws stretch across the gap like taffy.

Specimen
No. 1447
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A dim barn floor in one shaft of light.
Nearest existing relative
Pulled mozzarella.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking physics