Field guide No. 716
Sideways through the black squares
Mind the gaps.
On an old wooden chessboard the black squares are deep empty shafts, and several pieces have fallen into them and lie on their sides. The game stands at a stalemate nobody can reach.
Field noteBlack squares sunk into shafts make a board with holes in it. Several pieces have already been lost.
Also possible, also breaking category
Cactus sheds its translucent skinSnakes slough their skins. A cactus has shed its own like one, ribs and spines kept in clear papery husk.
Exploded cactus in a greenhouseA big cactus has burst into curled green petals and spines. The staff went to find gloves.
Beetle shedding its shadow shellBeetles stop molting once grown, and never out of their black and into glass.
The longer goodbyePeeling paint, but on a horse. A white animal walking out of its own pattern breaks no law of logic.