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 There comes a time in each of us,through a crisis or what not,that one person looks in on themselves and ask the ultimate question,' Who am I ? ' Now that in fact through personnel sacrifice or whatever the situation was it makes that person take a better look at themselves,is this who I was intended to be or in fact could I be better then myself, even though he was not human or animal of any kind , Ogl had such a journey, Ogl was a snail, he lived on an unnamed beach, his home had then been was his shell as snails then often do,but this particular snail wanted more,he wanted a bigger shell because he wanted a family, Ogl was then not getting younger by any means . But there were not to many shells that he wanted that could fit his own  needs,except one.

Then the  king of snails himself,Oki now Oki was king for many reasons one of them being that he fought many battles and won, and yet he  was one of the oldest snails living and anyway he to would have to step down as King .All Kings do eventually .
 

One day then as Ogl was ready to challenge the king for the right to be king,in fact something happened to Ogl that made him too change his mind,as far as this beach was then concern there were the good and bad weather that comes and goes and Ogl lived just as the waves come on shore that way he could get just enough water to live and he could use the rest for bathing,but one day a storm came so bad it destroyed almost the entire land,now Ogl like anyone else would went to investigate what happen and see if there was something he could do to help.
 

Upon  doing this he saw many that died and a lot were without their shells or homes,upon seeing this Ogl soon forgot too challenge the king for his throne  because he saw many that didn't have any shells too live in any more,they in fact were homeless now and Ogl knew he was lucky indeed at least he had a home,you see Ogl learn no matter how big your house is or how much to you own or material things you have,if you don't have faith and believe in yourse;f you have nothing, Ogl even learn to help other snails that were not so lucky any more,they didn't even have shells on their backs any more .
 

So Ogl then took a good look in on himself and knew how lucky he was to have a home and a shell on his back.There are those not so lucky and as long as he lived Ogl tried to be better then he was and help those around him .Sometimes you might want more then you have,but remember there are those that have nothing at all ,So then be happy with the house you live in,the family your with and the clothes you have,Just because your rich doesn't mean your happy some of the poorest snails Ogl knew were the happiest of all. And he finally knew that .end .

 

 

 

 

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