Chapter 1
Once there was a snail who didn't have a shell. Her name was Lola and she had lost her shell because when she was walking she slipped on a banana peel, fell and cracked her shell. Lola had also got lost from her family and friends when they were all strolling and a little child picked her up without anyone seeing. She felt frightened, sad and alone since she had no clue what the child would do to her and also because she missed her family very much. She had waited for night time to arrive so that she could go to the Zoo and look for something that could help replace her lost shell. It was hard to look because it was dark and she couldn't see very well. Suddenly, she found a rock, it seemed perfect to cover her. Lola tried it on but it was far too heavy for her to carry it around all day so she had to put it back on the ground and continued looking for something to replace her shell. She looked and looked but some things were too small some others were too big or heavy and others were too bright and would catch people's attention too much. As she got really hungry, she looked up for food and found some yummy leaves on the ground. Next to the leaves hiding, she saw something orange and sparkly making a tic-tac noise but she had no clue what it was.
Lola tried to put it on and it was perfect! It wasn't too heavy, too big, too small or too shiny but it was too noisy! Then, she put the thing back on the ground and the tic-tac noise stopped. As it had stopped, she put it back on but as soon as she had done that, it started tic-tacking again! Lola was very confused. She didn't know that it was a special kind of watch that would only work if a living creature had it on and so she kept on trying it and putting it away and trying it... Finally, she found something on the watch, it was a button, it was a little button that turned it off. She pressed it but as it was still on the ground, it didn't make anything. Lola tried putting it on and was very relieved to hear that the tic-tac noise had stopped! Since she had now found the perfect shell, she could start looking for her family.
Chapter 2
Lola kept the watch on her back and left the zoo to go to the shop. When she got to the shop she bought a compass so that she could find her family. It was still very dark so Lola found a hole in a big tree that was low enough for her to crawl in. In the morning she decided to go and find her family. Lola crawled very slowly along the path and met a frog. "Please can you help me to find my family?" Lola asked the frog. "Yes!" said the frog. The frog who was called Froggy took Lola to the beach. Once they got onto the sand Lola noticed that she had lost her watch...
Chapter 3
Lola said "Oh no, I've lost my watch." She was worried and sad. "Where could it be?" Froggy said " A watch? I didn't see you with a watch, you must have lost it before we met."
They search the beach and find a crab. They asked the crab if he had seen any shells that Lola could try. The crab knew where some old shells were buried in the sand. So they dug a little hole in the ground but Lola was too scared to go into the sand. The crab went into the tunnel and brought some shells to show Lola. The first shell you could hear the sea but it was too noisy. The second shell small, smelly and dirty. But the next shell the crab found was perfect. It was clean and beautiful. It wasn't too heavy and it wasn't too small. It was sparkly from the sea. Lola was happy, she loved it and moved in straight away. That night she goes back to look at the zoo. She finds a snail collection. She sneaked in and while she was looking her family found her. The shell was so sparkly that her family saw her coming. They were so emotional to be reunited. They were excited and happy and hugged Lola very tight.
They search the beach and find a crab. They asked the crab if he had seen any shells that Lola could try. The crab knew where some old shells were buried in the sand. So they dug a little hole in the ground but Lola was too scared to go into the sand. The crab went into the tunnel and brought some shells to show Lola. The first shell you could hear the sea but it was too noisy. The second shell small, smelly and dirty. But the next shell the crab found was perfect. It was clean and beautiful. It wasn't too heavy and it wasn't too small. It was sparkly from the sea. Lola was happy, she loved it and moved in straight away. That night she goes back to look at the zoo. She finds a snail collection. She sneaked in and while she was looking her family found her. The shell was so sparkly that her family saw her coming. They were so emotional to be reunited. They were excited and happy and hugged Lola very tight.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
This book was written collaboratively by P1 - P3 A classes for Book Week 2022. Each class contributed to the next part of the story. The classes were provided with a setting, a character and an object that needed to be included in the story but all the creativity came from the pupils. Well done St John Ogilvie
