I went back to look for the snail. I couldn't find it, but I found an earthworm. Our weather has been so strange this winter. I've never seen an earthworm in January.
when I was little i hated how worms were full of dirt and I always felt so sorry for them, so i used to "clean" them and wash them and put them back in the garden. It wasn't until many many years later that I was told that I had actually been a bit mean. I was terribly upset! LOL