snail and butterfly

This morning, skateboarding, I saw spiral shell, a snail shell, and I saw it still had a snail in it, making his way across Winsor dam, waving his tentacles, taking in the sights. I picked him up and set him down further along in the direction he was going, over by the very edge of the dam, away from the danger of marauding skateboard wheels.

Made me wonder: is there an equivalent to this for people? Being picked up and set down elsewhere, no harm done, but surroundings much changed?

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