The Snail's Dream

by Oliver Herford

The Snail's Dream is featured in Herford's whimsical collection, The Bashful Earthquake & Other Fables and Verses, published in 1898.


A snail, who had a way, it seems,
Of dreaming very curious dreams,
Once dreamed he was—you’ll never guess!—
The Lightning Limited Express!

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