And then, the shield itself is a very thick overhead transparency that takes about, maybe, five minutes to hole punch, three hole punch to get it to pop onto these little pegs.
The same muscles you might use to pluck an eyebrow, or catch a firefly, or cuddle a kitten, can, in other circumstances, crush cans, punch holes in walls, or do a bunch of push-ups.
The trick is to get it sticky on top. So you've to make holes in it and then turn it over and then turn it back again. So all that lovely juice caramelises...
When Lucy saw Clodsley Shovel and his moles scuffling up the turf in various places (which Bacchus had pointed out to them) and realized that the trees were going to eat earth it gave her rather a shudder.