The Thing in the Forest

Looking back on this short story and the 'worm', I believe that is imaginary but it also has the chance of being a real creature. The way that the girls describe it in the story is very detailed. Saying that it's lips were thin and had white eyes along with it's lips being raised like welts from whipstrokes, these are distinct features. However, then the girls add that it's body looked to be made up of wet paper mache and had a tube shape. It seems kind of ironic that the girls come across such a creature, as they define that it's a monstrous creature, because they are moved to this in the country to get them away from the danger of the Blitz during the World War Two era, and while it comes off as a safe country house, they come across this worm that seems to be everything but safe. As I read this story, I thought of a few things in the Harry Potter books and movies, as well as caveman. At the end of this story, it mentions how people had been fighting off this beast for centuries. Much like cave drawings of cavemen fighting off these "beasts" but today, we don't see many if any of those animals or creatures that were supposedly fought off in that time. I see Harry Potter in this because of the serpent that is locked away inside the Chamber of Secrets. Also, the forest depicted in the Harry Potter series is named "The Forbidden Forest" because of the many dangerous creatures inside that forest, much like the worm in this unknown forest.