the green slug
By Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
United Kingdom
April 30, 2017 5:57pm CST
Once upon a time there lived a green slug, deep in the damp non-pond at the bottom of the garden. He was big and squishy, and just a little bit slimy, and he waved his little bug eyes atop his little bug stalks as he meandered across the breeze blocks.
The breeze blocks were relics, discovered buried beneath cheap carpet, itself smothered in layers of black plasticky lining, which was once full of stinky sludgy green pond water. A broken gnome found buried nearby told the truth about the previous occupants; they liked gnomes.
Meanwhile, the green slug continued on his merry way, waving his bug eyes on his bug stalks at the woodlice, the freaky enormous spiders and the bizarre red creatures.
I have never seen a green slug before.
I hope to never set eyes on one ever again.
*eugh*
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
I can't stand them! They make me feel ill. This is the first slug I've seen in the garden this year.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 May 17
@Poppylicious they do keep ants and spiders at bay so they have their uses
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@LadyDuck (502950)
• Italy
1 May 17
@Poppylicious I have not seen one yet, but I know they are there, they are eating my lettuces.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
1 May 17
The slugs that visit us are colourless but slimy alright.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 May 17
A lovely story but about the squishy fellow green slug.
I would not want to meet him, though his journey is long and interesting.
I love this!!
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
I'm a bit concerned that his journey may have been a bit boring for him. The bottom of the garden is a bit bereft of fun things at the moment, what with being a work in progress.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
1 May 17
@Poppylicious He will find something interesting soon I am sure.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
1 May 17
@Poppylicious I think not, alas - at least you could've charged for tickets to see it, had it been alien in origin ;)
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
@pgntwo Well yes, until it grew to be the size of a house and conquered the earth with its hybrid alien babies ... thank goodness it's just a common earth garden slug.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
Thank goodness for that. My garden is usually inhabited by reddish-brown and/or black ones. I was a little concerned I had stumbled upon some alien species!
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
I wonder if it would have alerted me to its presence by glowing if I had been in the garden in the night-time.
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 May 17
good camoflage for him - sounds very alien
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
As camouflage it probably worked better when the dirty green pond water was there for him to blend into!
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
1 May 17
I shall stay far away from your mountains!
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
2 May 17
@Poppylicious It is seasonal that these creatures come out. You can visit my city. It is a great place.
