¶ The Snail's Dream of Adventure
Hello there. Welcome to Albert's Bookshelf. I'm Albert's Dad. Now Albert loves listening to a story. Would you like me to read one of his favourite books? Okay, well, get yourself comfy and I'll begin. The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler This is a tale of a tiny snail and a great big grey-blue humpback whale. This is a rock as black as soot. And this is a snail. Snail slithered all over the rock and gazed at the room. And as she gave it.
The sea is deep and the world is wide. The sail. said the tiny snail. These are the other snails in the flock. who all stuck tight to the smooth black rock, and said to the snail, with the itchy foot, Be quiet Don't recognize. Sit still stay. I sniffed and cried. Got it, I'll hit a lift. This is the trail of the tiny snail. in the world and said Lift wanted around the world. This is the whale who came one night when the tide was high and the stars were bright.
A humpback whale immensely long, who sang to the snail. Of shimmering ice and coral caves and shooting stars. enormous waves. And this is the tale of the
¶ An Epic Journey and Dangerous Encounter
Bagwale. He held it out. And said to the snail Come, sail with me. This is the sea, so wild and free, that carried the whale and the snail on his tail to towering icebergs. Far off lands. With fiery mountains. Golden Sands. These are the waves. That foamed and froliced and sprayed and splashed the tiny snail on the tail of the whale. These are the caves beneath the waves, where stripy fish with feathery fins and sharks with hideous
Swam round the whale and the snail on his tail. This is the sky, so vast and high, sometimes Blue and warm, sometimes filled with a thunderstorm, with zigzag lightning flashing and flashing. And she gazed at the sky, the sea, and the The land, the waves and the caves and the golden sand. Gazed and gazed, amazed by it all. And she said to the whale the day. These are the speedboats running a race, zigging and zing.
upsetting the whale with their ear splitting roar, making him swim too close to the shore. This is the tide slipping away, and this is the Back to the sea cried the snail. I... I can't... Move on land. The snail felt helplessly. Terribly small.
¶ Heroic Rescue and Shared Journeys
Got it! she cried and started to crawl. Fail, said the tiny snail. This is the bell on the school in the bay. children in from their play. This is the teacher. Sit straight. Don't talk. This is the board as black as soot, and this is the snail with their itchy foot. A snail, a snail The teacher turns pale. Look say the children, it's leaving a trail. This is the trail of the tiny snail. A silvery trail saying Save the whale! These other children running from school.
Pool, squirting and spraying to keep Cool. This is the tide coming into the bay, and these are the villagers shouting, Hooray! as the whale and the snail travel safely away. Back to the dark. Flock on the rock, who said, How time's flown, and haven't you grown? And the whale and the snail told their wonderful tale and Caves and shooting stars. Enormous waves. Snail so small. Save the life. Black whale held out his tail, and on crawled snail after snail after snail.
And they sang to the sea as they all set sail on the tail of the grey blue humpback whale. I hope you enjoyed another one of Albert's favourite books. There's plenty more to listen to. If not now, maybe another time. Thanks for listening.