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Children welcome Lolo the pet snake

3:23pm Tuesday 15th August 2006

By Guardian-series »

CHILDREN at Loughton Montessori Nursery have a new friend with a new name.

Shongololo is the Church Hill nursery's new pet corn snake and Trent Campbell, two, won the competition for children at the nursery to choose his name.

Shongololo means little worm in the South African language Zulu.

The children will call the snake Lolo.

Trent won a colourful cuddly snake as his prize.

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SLITHERING SNAKES: Maizie Petty, three, holds Lolo the snake, and Trent Campbell, two, with his prize cuddly snake after coming up with the name (E4919-5) SLITHERING SNAKES: Maizie Petty, three, holds Lolo the snake, and Trent Campbell, two, with his prize cuddly snake after coming up with the name (E4919-5)

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