Such a lovely story. Reminded me of my childhood. I always built little castles for my snails under the stairs in front of our house. My gradma got really angry for the snails ate the salad she planted so I had to save them. My neighbor had a little bird well in her garden and we brought the snails there in a bucket. I really liked your paintings too ;) Such lovely snails. I think they are very cute. I used to draw snail comics in on the walls school but rather "scary" scenarios. This one I made with paint back:

Thank you for sharing this amazing colorful story <3