Glossary        

Creature: (noun) a living being

Exist: (verb) to be and have actual being. 

Fossil: (noun) the remains, prints and traces of plants animals that live long ago.

Mild: (adjective) moderate and not to harsh as in mild weather.

Protect (verb) to guard or defend against harm or danger  

Pebbled skin: (adjective) skin that looks like pebble stones

Roam (verb) to travel about with no special plan or purpose; to wander

Swamps (noun)-An area of wet spongy ground (a marsh)