BR 1-04: Snails

I read the Snails. This story is about only snail’s life style. You may feel boring. In a sunny garden, inside flower pots and under rocks, lot of snails inside flower pots and under rocks, lots of snails are hiding. The snails wait until it is dark. Then they creep out. Snails have soft bodies and hard shells. I didn't know that. Slime oozes out from under a snail's body. It helps snails slide over the ground...up branches...and even upside down. I don't like slime.


They have rough tongues. They rub their tongues over leaves to eat them. Their eyes are on the ends of the longer feelers. A bird swoops down. It is looking for food.


The snails hide in their shells. The bird can't get them. It flies away. Some kinds of snails live in ponds. And some kinds live in the sea. Some snails are huge. They can grow longer than your arm.


Snails lay lots and lots of eggs. A baby snail is inside each egg. Pond snails lay sticky eggs on plants. Their eggs are inside blobs of jelly. This keeps them safe.


After a few weeks, the baby snails hatch out. They eat and eat and eat. The snails' bodies grow-and so do their shells. I t is easy to find snails. Just follow their slimy trails. I didn’t know many kinds of snails, so I was surprised. But I don't like snails.

Sims, L. (2008). Snails. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd. (248words)