Field guide No. 397
The inflated highway
Speed bump, ambitious.
A two-lane road across dry grassland swells up into a smooth round hump of asphalt, centre lines and all, like something blew it up from underneath. The traffic will have to go over.
Field noteTarmac cracks long before it swells. Blown up like a lilo, it’s behaving like rubber.
Also possible, also breaking material
Emerald snake sheds silver chainmailSnakes shed skin. Shedding a suit of metal rings means growing one first, oddly.
Clean livingSoap can be cast in blocks and blocks can be stacked. Rain would file the objection.
A different kind of grainWood grain takes many patterns. Peacock eyes are one it hasn’t been asked for.
Pillow-soft brickFired clay doesn’t dent under a head, as several heads can attest. Logically, it’s allowed to.