Prologue xi
Part I The Violet-Pot Adventures
1 Field Violets
3(6)
2 Discovery
9(8)
3 Explorations
17(8)
Part II A Green Kingdom
4 The Forest Floor
25(6)
5 Life in a Microcosm
31(6)
6 Time and Territory
37(10)
Part III Juxtapositions
7 Thousands of Teeth
47(6)
8 Telescopic Tentacles
53(8)
9 Marvelous Spirals
61(8)
10 Secret Recipes
69(10)
Part IV The Cultural Life
11 Colonies of Hermits
79(6)
12 Midnight Leap
85(10)
13 A Snail's Thoughts
95(8)
14 Deep Sleep
103(10)
Part V Love and Mystery
15 Cryptic Life
113(6)
16 Affairs of a Snail
119(10)
17 Bereft
129(4)
18 Offspring
133(10)
Part VI Familiar Territory
19 Release
143(6)
20 Winter Snail
149(6)
21 Spring Rain
155(4)
22 Night Stars
159(4)
Epilogue 163(8)
Acknowledgments 171(6)
Appendix: Terraria 177(2)
Selected Sources 179(8)
Permissions 187