Field guide No. 143
The velvet switchback
Drive softly.
A road of royal-blue velvet ribbon winds over white limestone mountains, with one small car on it.
Field noteRoads take any surface that bears weight. Velvet bears it badly, and beautifully.
Also possible, also breaking material
A suitable pauseBenches are wood, water is wet, and neither rule forbids the other. The greyhound has not asked.
Velvet waterfall in an empty theatreFabric doesn’t fall like water, but a lot of fabric falling is merely expensive.
Towel peaksFolded cotton piles as high as you have cotton. The cable car is the ambitious part.
Fresh airFruit makes a feeble blade, but a blade nonetheless. The fan would work, briefly and stickily.
