<center><b><p>"Stop!"</b><br> screamed a sparrow.<br></p> <b><p>"Save him!"</b><br> shrieked a spider.</p><br> <b>"Silly,"</b><br> sighed a swallowtail.</p><br></center> Smirking and self-important, the slug keeps slithering his way up a highly suspect slope. Will the slug stop? Are the sparrow, the spider, and the swallowtail simply trying to sabotage the slug's progress? Why is everyone screaming at the slug?</p><p>Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole have created another alliterative tale that will have children snorting out loud at the surprise ending for this very smug slug.</p>