In which Eckel finds a snake that's not really a snake at all

So, about that gardening work i mentioned in yesterdays post!
After our afternoon of relaxing and napping, we were helping my mom dig up some roots from a tree that had died a while back. The roots where crazy tough and it took all of us getting in there with various tools, and all of us getting more or less dirty, to get them up, but we succeeded.
But while removing the last, big one, Eckel saw something that to me looked like a giant earthworm, lying inside of the root. He removed it and much to my surprise it was not a giant earthworm, but a tiny snake!
Eckel asked me if i wanted to hold it, to which i answered "no, not really", until i quickly realized, that yes, of course i did!
I've never even seen one of these little guys before, and who knows if i ever will again?
It turns out that they're not actually snakes, by the way, but legless lizards.
So, two lizards in one weekend? Nature-score!

It's called a "Stålorm" in Danish, and a "Slow Worm" in English, and they are surprisingly strong, and, as you can see, pretty adorable too

We found a stack of wood and some tall grass nearby that the little guy could burrow into.
I hope he'll be happy there, and that he wasn't too upset with us for waking him and destroying his house.

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