Slugs

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Snail racing is popular among the little kids. They all find their fastest snail and I ref.

"IT BIT ME!"
One of the kids is screaming. I rush over, if any of these kids die, it's my fault. I make it to the screaming kid and across from him, an abnormally large slug. It wasn't moving, I assumed it was dead.

"Let me look"
I reach over and look at the kids hand. How did a slug bite him? I took his hand in mine and a good chunk of his finger... Was gone. Eaten by the slug. His blood starts to pool out of his finger. I send 2 kids to go get help. I try to keep him calm as I turn to examine the slug.

Teeth. Tons and tons of teeth. Like a leech. It dives at me. More join, converge. We're surrounded.

The 2 kids return with adults to a pile of bones.

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