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“The trouble is he’s so long that his thoughts don’t easily get to the other end, and that upsets him,” said Etta.

Eva Ibbotson, Island of the Aunts

Jeanne's Snail ...

Stanley the snailStanley
Stanley showed up one winter in a head of lettuce we bought at the market.   He was so tiny—I couldn’t bear to just throw him out into the snow. We gave him a small plastic home of his own, with a bowl of water and a few rocks to crawl around on. He survived on fresh greens and
. . . Tums!  The Tums provided calcium to keep his shell strong and growing.  R.I.P. January, 2008.