A few months ago my husband was trying to get Freya to do something and after not much luck happened upon the idea of pretending his 2 fingers were a snail and in a little squeaky noise asked Freya again. She immediately looked at the "snail" and with a huge smile got on and did it!
Needless to say we were both a bit shocked as he had only been messing about to get her attention really.
It reminded me of the parents in "a friend like Henry" (also adapted into the film "about Thomas", though the book is miles better) who used their dog Henry's "voice" to ask their son to do things or get him to listen to them.
I can't explain why she listens to the snail or why a child with trouble expressing imagination believes that fingers are a snail! I have noticed if she's playing up in the car and we say "oh look Freya a cat" she stop and looks and says "oh a cat"?! It would appear she believes whatever you tell her but when I said your balloon is blue this morning she immediately corrected me saying "no, it's pink".
She has started to give snail a cuddle when he comes out and says "oh so cute" along with the words tiny and baby these have become key phrases we have noticed get her to be a bit gentle.
I mentioned snail to one of the workers at nursery and she has now enlisted snails help with Freya too :)
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