There s a scene near the beginning of Jim Henson s
Labyrinth where Sarah, the puppet-epic s thespian protagonist, is fed up, lost in a maze of brick. She hits the maze s walls, screams, and collapses.
This is where she meets the ello worm. ‘Ello!” says the grub-looking Cockney worm to Sarah. He has tiny tufts of blue hair, gently demonic eyes, and a respectable-looking red scarf.
“You don’t by any chance know the way through this labyrinth, do you?” asks Sarah.
“Who me? Nah, I’m just a worm.”
“I have to solve this labyrinth,” Sarah sighs, “but there aren’t any turns or any openings or anything! It just goes on and on.”