Dale The Snail

• Jack Spencer, Grade 4
• Poetry
• 2011

Dale the snail was taking a walk when he found…
Another snail’s trail!
So Dale the snail who had found another snail’s trail was following the other snail’s trail when he came to a…
Pail with half a glass of stale ale!
So Dale the snail who had found another snail’s trail was following the other snail’s trail until he had come to a pail with half a glass of stale ale and then he set out on the trail again until…
It began to hail! But Dale found a sail and hid under the sail.
So Dale the snail who had found another snail’s trail was following the other snail’s trail until he had come to a pail with half a glass of stale ale and then he set out on the trail again only to be stopped by hail and he hid under a sail until he found the mysterious source of the snail’s trail which was…
A SLUG!