Hedgehogs

Penelope was walking down the sidewalk when suddenly a hedgehog jumped out of a tree and landed right on her shoulder. Annoyed, she swatted it away.

She walked a few more feet and another hedgehog dropped out of another tree. Slightly more annoyed, she swatted this one away as well.

She walked five more feet and then two hedgehogs dropped onto her shoulders. She was starting to become angry. She pushed them off of her, took a deep breath, and kept walking along the narrow sidewalk.

She walked yet another few feet when not two but three hedgehogs jumped out at her. She looked ahead of her and, losing hope of getting to her destination without meeting more hedgehogs, kept walking as hedgehog after hedgehog piled on top of her shoulders and head. She could tell it was going to be the longest walk of her life.