the slug that needed a break

On a quest to go meet a friend downtown i opted for using my bicycle rather than waiting for the bus. I was feeling the wind in my face and enjoying the weather until I got to the beginning of Lions Gate Bridge. No more wind in my face as I got ready for the steady ten minute climb until the center of the bridge. Already half-way up the climb and I encountered a slug in my path; my first reaction was to avoid it and keep going. How did a slug get this far up the bridge, those little buggers don't really move fast in fact they hardly seem to move at all. It's remarkable that it got as far up the bridge as he had. Maybe it's ultimate goal was to get over the bridge to Stanley Park where it heard rumours of a Slug Heaven. There will probably be another bicycle rider who won't be looking down that moment and take it out without even noticing that it ended the epic quest of some little slug that just wanted it's own piece of heaven on earth.

I wasn't going to allow that to happen; everyone needs a break and today that slug needs a break. I came to a sudden halt whilst these thoughts were going through my mind and I turned around in hopes of helping my new found friend. I remembered there was an empty paper bag just past where I spotted the slug so I would look from there. After arriving at the scene and searching about for another two minutes I found the very spot I had seen the slug only to realise there was no slug. What I had thought to be a slug was merely a curved piece of hard rubber which to glance at could be mistaken for a slug.