The narrator explains that one night “I purposely frightened two children in the woods: I showed them my pink teeth, my hairy face, my red nails, I I meowed, and they ran away screaming” (Paragraph 25). This situation shows that people are naturally afraid of her, and she knows it. Another situation takes place that shows that even when the Narrator tries to be friendly and not scare anyone, she still scares people. This happens when the Narrator remembers: "I broke away from the brambles and came gently to him (a man asleep after sleeping with a woman)... He woke up, he saw my rosy teeth, my eyes yellow, he saw my black dress floating. ; he saw me running away. He saw where. (Paragraph 36). This ultimately leads to the Narrator's death as the man then leads the crowd of villagers to the Narrator's house where they kill her. In conclusion, in Lusus Naturae we see what it means to be considered a monster by one's family and community through the eyes of a young girl with a disease that causes her appearance to be monstrous. We see how the Narrator's family and community treat her due to her family's shame and the community's ignorance that she is a human being with feelings. Lusus Naturae shows us that it is not wise to judge a book by its cover or a “monster” by its cover.