It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail wit…

Celia Thaxter
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It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a mass of sooty, shapeless slime, and he devours everything. ✨ Celia Thaxter (2008). An Island Garden, p.7, Applewood Books
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It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a mass of sooty, shapeless slime, and he devours everything. ✨ Celia Thaxter (2008). An Island Garden, p.7, Applewood Books

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