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LITTLE SNAIL by HILDA CONKLING

First Line: I SAW A LITTLE SNAIL / COME DOWN THE GARDEN WALK
Last Line: I SAW THAT IT WAS HIS UMBRELLA!
Subject(s): SNAILS;

I SAW a little snail
Come down the garden walk.
He wagged his head this way . . . that way . . .
Like a clown in a circus.
He looked from side to side
As though he were from a different country.
I have always said he carries his house on his back . . .
To-day in the rain
I saw that it was his umbrella!



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