我們靠自己
 
「媽媽！為什麼我從出生，就要背這個又重又硬的殼呢？真是累死了！」小蝸牛問媽媽。
 
「因為我們的身體沒有骨骼的支撐，只能爬，爬又爬不快。」媽媽說。
 
「毛蟲姐姐沒有骨頭，也爬不快，為什麼她不用背又重又硬的殼呢？」
 
「因為毛蟲姐姐能變成蝴蝶，天空會保護她。」
 
「蚯蚓弟弟沒有骨頭，也爬不快，更不會變，他為什麼不背又重又硬的殼呢？」
 
「因為蚯蚓弟弟會鑽土，大地會保護他。」
 
小蝸牛哭了起來：「我好可憐，天空不保護，大地也不保護。」
 
「所以我們有殼啊！」蝸牛媽媽拍拍小蝸牛：
 
「我們不靠天，也不靠地，我們靠自己。」
 
We Rely on Ourselves
 
“Mom, why do we have to carry this hard and heavy shell our whole lives? It’s so exhausting!” the little snail asked its mother.
 
“Because we don’t have a skeleton to support us. We can only crawl—slowly,” Mother answered.
 
“Miss Caterpillar has no bones and crawls slowly too. Why doesn’t she carry a hard and heavy shell?”
 
“Because Miss Caterpillar can turn into a butterfly. The sky will protect her.”
 
“Mr. Earthworm has no bones, crawls slowly, and doesn’t turn into anything else. Why doesn’t he carry a hard and heavy shell?”
 
“Because Mr. Earthworm can dig into the soil. The earth will protect him.”
 
The little snail started to cry. “Poor me! The sky doesn’t protect me, and neither does the earth.”