Once upon a time there was a very small snail. The very small snail was lonely, just sliding around looking for a friend. Then one day he had a terrible shock. A very big caterpillar appeared. He looked so big and scary so the very small snail hid inside his shell. But the very big caterpillar wasn’t scary at all so he peeked out.
And they made friends and lived happily ever after…
Hmm maybe not the best story ever, but look how cute they are together!

Scary caterpillar close up …

And in case you are wondering, the very big caterpillar is an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar and is about the size of a small hotdog sausage!