The hindquarters were red and dripping at the juncture, and the tail slid through them: more than a meter of thick black tail, stained with red, and as long as Harvester's now.
The undercarriage consisted of a sprung stut carrying two main wheels underneath the engine, with two stabilsing wheels at the wingtips of the lower wing, with a tail slid just aft of the trailing edge of the lower wing.
Now we all had time to see the rat as it paused in the centre of the room and then ran forward again, we had time to see how powerful and fat and fast it was, how its whole body quivered, how its tail slid behind it like an attendant parasite.
They stood and watched as the tail slid away from the bank.
The black tail of a warship was sliding in!
They must be out of the village, for right overhead, branches began to go past against a sky where horses' tails slid across tender blue.
Hands turned into claws, and a crocodile's tail slid from its lower back.
Her long tail slid over her shoulder to pool on the floor beside her.
A swing can only occur if the tail is sliding sideways over the ground.
Finally, Stinger's tail slid through the portal.