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LITTLE FOLKS 
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DEAF AND DUMB. 
Yes, and blind, too, some people say, though others think the 
two little black spots at the end of his feelers — or horns — are 
eyes. 
Curious things those horns are, too ; they can be drawn in like 
the finger to a glove when it sticks to your finger and turns wrong 
side out, and pushed out in the same comical way. The personage 
whose picture we have here, is the Edible Snail — which means that 
he is the kind people eat. I suppose you knew before now, that 
Snails are a favorite article of food, with many people, and the 
Edible Snail is cultivated and fattened for the table. The Romans 
even went so far as to build Snaileries, where these creatures were 
fed on meal and wine, and thus made very fat. Even now, it is 
said, there are some of these fattening houses in Europe, where 
Snails can be bought like beef in a market. 
The Snail lives on leaves and tender fruit; indeed, gardeners are 
their worst enemies, because he's wise enough to select the best 
fruits for his dinner. He is thought by many to tie blind, because 
