Field guide No. 195
Proof of purchase
Itemised, in layers.
A red onion on a steel kitchen counter unrolls one papery layer into a long curling ribbon, like a receipt. Every layer is accounted for.
Field noteOnion layers do peel in ribbons. Reading one as a receipt is the onion’s own interpretation.
Also possible, also breaking category
Deep purpleHollow it, seal it, add a periscope. Vegetables lack ambition, not buoyancy.
A small disagreementDomino pips are paint, not passengers. Letting them walk off is a category lapse, nothing worse.
The zebra’s unfinished stripesStripes are pigment, not ribbon, so the spool is a category slip. The half-zebra is otherwise sound.
Berry far awayDomes are domes; a red one with seeds would still track stars. Planning would object first.