Writing Starter #2

You’re digging in your backyard when all of sudden you hit something.  You can’t tell what it is so you thrust the shovel into the dirt one more time and the shovel breaks.  Disconcerted, you continue back to your garage to retrieve a replacement shovel.  Your garage isn't there.  You look around, now more confused than you were before and realize that this isn't even your house at all.  This isn't even your neighborhood.  In a confused panic, you stumble onto the street to realize that this isn't even a neighborhood at all.  And then you realize that your shovel was actually a giant thermometer and now there is mercury all over the grass.