June 18, 2004
Small Creature on Big Sidewalk
Seen last night, walking home from the subway just after the rain:
I didn't want it to get crushed by some kids running by with a basketball, or nosed by someone's dog on the way to the park.
So, I found a leaf, and put it in front of the snail. The snail crept up onto the leaf, and as I took hold of it, began to shrink into its' shell even as it crept.
I thought about walking the shell-snail-leaf over to the park, which was still most of a block away, and maybe, not exactly what the snail was looking for. How to know. Right next to us was an ivy-and-hedge shaded front garden, which is kind of where the snail was headed. So I put the leaf, with the snail stuck to it, onto the stoop in front of the garden.
Posted by Emily at June 18, 2004 08:08 AM