Field guide No. 176
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Nobody ate the poppy seeds.
A white plate sits on a bed of dark poppy seeds, a ring of seeds circling its rim while the middle stays perfectly clean.
Field noteA plate set down on poppy seeds would look exactly like this. No one has bothered.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Strained starlightPunch holes in a dome and put a bulb inside. Kitchens have done this for decades without the brochure.
Please remain seatedCacti sit in pots on chairs all the time. Waiting rooms just rarely admit it.
Washed zebra stripes on terrazzoZebra hide exists, washers exist, terrazzo exists. The laundry ticket simply doesn’t.
Beavers build a red pencil damBeavers chew wood and pencils are wood. Nothing contradicts itself; it is just very sharp.