DBSJP Story Time The Snail and the Whale

today we're going to hear the story of the snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and it's one of our favorites this is the tale of the tiny snail and great big grey blue humpback whale this is rock as black as soot and this is the snail with the itchy foot the sea snail slithered all over the rock and gazed to the sea and the ships in the duck and as she gazed she sniffles inside the sea is deep and the world is wide how along the sail said the tiny sail these are the other snails in the flock who stuck to this booster yeah whoo all stuck tight to the smooth black rock and sets the snail with the itchy foot people here don't wriggle sit still stay put but the tiny sea snail side and sniffed cried I've got it I'll hitch lift this is the tale of the tiny snail of silvery trail that looped and Coleman said lift wanted around the world this is the whale who came one night when the tide was high and the stars were bright I'm back whale immensely long who sang to the snail wonderful saw the whale of shimmering ice and coral caves and shooting stars in enormous waves that's him what's his talent he dips into the sea unless his big tail and this is the tail of the humpback whale he held it out at the starlit sea and he said to the snail come sail with me this is the sea so wild and free that carried the whale and the tail on his snail and the still on his tail two towering icebergs and far-off lands with fiery mountains and golden sands well these are the waves now the monkey these are the ways hatched and crushed and foamed and frolicked 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 sharp with hideous toothy grins swam around the whale and the snail on his tail yes this is the sky so vast and high sometimes sunny and blue and warm sometimes filled with thunderstorm with zigzag Lightning flashing and frightening the tiny snail on the tail of and she gaze at the seed thistle did that that's brown bear and she gazed at the sky the sea the land and the waves that crashed in the Golden Sun she gazed and gazed amazed by it all and she said to the whale feel so small but then came the day when the whale MA hey these must be boats running race seeking and zooming all over the place that seems the whale with their ear splitting raw making him swim too close to the shore look this is the tide slipping away No and this is the whale lying beached in the bay quick off the sand back to see where the snail I've got move on land I'm too big boat the whale the snail felt helpless and terribly small then I've got it she cried and she started to crawl must not fail said the tiny snail this is the bell on the school in the bay ringing the children in for my play this is the teacher holding her chop telling the class sit straight don't talk this is the board as black as soot and this is the same she puts snail assailed the teacher turns pale muck says the children it's leaving trail this is the trail of the tiny hail silvery trail saying save away these are the children running from schools fetching the firemen digging pool squirting spring to keep the whale cool this is the tide coming into the bank and these are the villagers shouting hooray as the whale and the snail travels safely away back to the duck and the flock on the rock who said nothing slow man can be blown away and the wail of the snail to the tail listen of shivering ice and coral caves and shooting stars and enormous waves and for how the snails so small and frail with her loopy curling silvery trail save the life of the humpback whale then the humpback whale held out his tail and uncross snail mail after snail and they sang to the sea as they all set sail on the tail of the gray blue I'm back well