slow going, is going

A few days ago my kid found a snail. He had been observing it, and telling me how cool it was the way the eyes moved. He was letting it cling to his hand and watching it animate. I figured he put it back outside. This morning while drinking coffee I notice there's a snail attached to the side of the swamp cooler, inside the house. I laughed thinking of how when something gets misplaced it seems to move by itself to a new location. In this instance it might be true.