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The park at the end of our street flooded today. While taking the kids to have a look, they were attracted to the snails that were making the most of the rain.
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They liked the snails so much I joked to my partner that it was as if they'd never seen them before. She pointed out that they hadn't seen many snails, through drought and where we've been living.
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The kids brought home snails and gave them names and thought they were pets.