What Lives in a Shell

What Lives in a Shell?

Do you know what this is? It is as hard as a stone. But it is not a stone. It is smooth, like glass. But it is not glass. It is hollow inside, like a cup. But it is not a cup. It is a shell. An animal made it. The shell wasthe animal's home.

You live in a house or in an apartment building. That is your home. Your home keeps you safe and warm. Lots of animals have homes. Birds build nests. Ants make tunnels underground. A bear likes to live in a cave.

Here is the animal that lives in this kind ofshell. It is a land snail. A land snail is born with a tiny shell. Aslong as the snail lives, it keeps on growing. As the snail grows, its shell grows with it. The shell keeps the snail safe.

You can go in and out of your home. You can runto the playground. You can wait outside for the bus. A snail never leaves its home. It takes its homewith it wherever it goes.

The snail pokes its soft head and its one big foot out of the opening in its shell. It uses its foot to inch along. A snail is slow. Birds like to eat snails. When a bird or otherenemy comes around, a snail cannot run away. It pulls its head and foot inside its shell andcloses the door. The snail is safe.