Field guide No. 408
The wind combs the barley
Parting the field.
A giant metal comb is drawn across a barley field at sunset, leaving long neat furrows behind it. The field has never looked tidier.
Field noteCombs groom hair. Drawn through a field by an unseen hand, this one is a field’s size.
Also possible, also breaking scale
The hourglass bakeryAn hourglass with flour runs as well as with sand. The village is a baker’s centrepiece.
A geological disagreementRock can bend and fold; tying a whole canyon in a knot just needs more time than there has been.
In a nutshellA dollhouse library fits a walnut if the books are small enough. Reading them is the hard part.
Parting watersA comb, very large, set in a canyon to split a river. Engineering would allow it, given a reason.