blindworm

/blahynd-wurm/US // ˈblaɪndˌwɜrm //UK // (ˈblaɪndˌwɜːm) //

盲虫,盲肠虫,盲蝽蟓,盲肠

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a limbless European lizard, Anguis fragilis, related to the glass lizards.
- : a caecilian, Ichthyophis glutinosus, of Sri Lanka, that coils around its eggs.

I occasionally saw a snake, but always of the harmless, blindworm variety.
When it is suddenly startled the blindworm sometimes behaves in a very odd way.
It is because she dares not go to sleep on account of the Blindworm, who is waiting to catch her with her eyes closed.
Once upon a time, when the world was very new, the Blindworm was not quite blind, but had one good eye.
And the Blindworm was not sad like the others, neither seemed he to care in the least about the Nightingale's music.