Field guide No. 595
Terrier and its sand twin
Shook off a whole second dog.
On a beach, a shaggy terrier shakes itself dry beside a terrier-shaped cloud of flying sand doing exactly the same thing. One of them will need a bath.
Field noteDogs shake off water. This terrier shook off a second, sandy terrier that shakes too.
Also possible, also breaking material
Goosebumps on peach plasterPlaster doesn’t feel the cold. These walls have skin, and the hairs on it stand on end.
Fern emerging from shaleA fern can press into stone over time. This one saved the time and skipped the soil.
The railway’s impossible knotRail tied in an overhand knot, sleepers attached. Steel will not bend that way, which is a fact about steel only.
Pursed brass on burgundyBrass bends if you lean on it. This bell was pinched shut, which ends the music, not the brass.