its back, something round and hard, that looked like a huge acorn. hop hopped to it and said: „hello, strange creature! my name is hop.” the creature slowly turned its head towards her, stared and said: „oh dear, how you scared me! look, you made me turn my head in such a hurry that i almost twisted it. don’t you ever do that again! and by the way, how dare you call me strange creature? it is obvious that i am a snail, but i have no idea what you are. i would have thought you are a baby lark, but you would have wings and longer legs if you 