"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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- "Welcome to Flourish and Blotts Bookshop. We aren't serving any customers at the moment...we need to tend to an outbreak of bookworms. But please come back soon."
- — Flourish and Blotts saleswoman[src]
A bookworm is a general term for any insect known to deliberately cause damage to books, such as the booklouse or common furniture beetle.[2] At some point in 1991, Flourish and Blotts was forced to close shop for a time to tend to an outbreak of bookworms.[1]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First mentioned) (GBC version)