Smiling snail with spiral shell under a spotted mushroom, flowers, leaves, raindrops, and clouds.

Smiling Snail Under a Rainy Mushroom

A cheerful snail glides past a spotted mushroom while round raindrops fall between tall leaves and daisy-like flowers.

🎨 How to color it

Give the snail’s body a soft mint green, the spiral shell a buttery yellow, the spotted mushroom a cherry red cap with cream dots, and the rain cloud a pale blue-gray. Use chunky crayons or broad markers for the big shell sections and mushroom cap, and don’t worry if little hands color over the bold lines. For a fun twist, make each raindrop a different shade of blue so the shower looks like tiny falling jewels.

The story behind this coloring page

Bixby’s Rainy Little Gift — Under the hush-hush rain, Bixby slid along the soft mud with three cool drops balanced on his shell. Read the full story →

Under the hush-hush rain, Bixby slid along the soft mud with three cool drops balanced on his shell. He wanted to share them with the smallest sprouts, the ones tucked where the tall leaves drank first. Plip, plip, went the sky. The mushroom above him smelled like wet bark and peppery earth.

Bixby tipped one drop to a curled fern, one to a daisy bud, and one to a thirsty blade of grass. No one clapped. No one saw. Then a tiny glow blinked from under the mushroom rim. “For you,” whispered a hidden firefly, opening a pocket of golden light where nobody thought to look. Next time rain goes plip, plip, can you find Bixby’s quiet little gift?