Baby snail poem by Erica Crompton

Dressed in glitter,
with silken train,
here comes baby,
in curly frame.

Pledge salad leaves,
for him to eat,
glides across,
with wide-foot feet.

And then he curls into a ball,
into his house, his home, his hall.

And if you watch him,
you’ll grow fonder;
curling, climbing,
Pet of yonder

By Erica Crompton