the following year the snail lay in almost the same spot , in the sunshine under the rose - tree , which was again budding and bearing roses as fresh and beautiful as ever . the snail crept half out of his shell , stretched out his horns , and drew them in again . " everything is just as it was last year ! no progress at all ; the rose - tree sticks to its roses and gets no farther . "
his horns .
what did the snail stretch out ?
what did the snail stretch out ?