Self- reliance
A baby snail asked his mother, “Why was I born with a shell that grew so hard and heavy?”
His mother said, “Because we don’t have bones to support us. We can only crawl and move slowly, so we’ve got a shell to protect us.”
Her baby asked again, “The caterpillar has no bones either, nor can she move quickly. Why can she do so without a shell?”
The mother snail answered, “That’s because a caterpillar will become a butterfly. She flied high to the sky, which can protect her.
Her baby had another question, “But the earthworm crawls like us. He has no bones nor can e turn into a butterfly. Why doesn’t he carry a hard, heavy shell?”
His mother said, “He can drill a hole, get into the ground and be protected by it.
The baby snail then burst into tears, “What a pity!! We have no protection either from the sky or from the ground.”
His mother comforted him, “That’s why we are gifted with a shell. We needn’t count on the sky or the ground for protection. We rely on ourselves.”