How does a mimic move?

Alright, so take your basic (not DnD or any other universe specific) mimic: an unassuming treasure chest that turns out to secretly be a monster as soon as you open it. This particular creature is one that happens (for whatever reason) to look and feel nearly-identical to a chest, rather than being some sort of slime-thing that's using a chest as a shell.

How does such a creature move around, assuming it can't just use the easy method of shapeshifting itself some legs when needed? My current ideas involve it having some sort of (likely insectoid) legs it can fold up under itself while at rest (in a slight indention underneath to accommodate them), or that it has a softer, muscular foot on the bottom like a snail, only lacking the mucus. (Or it has less mucus, at least. Snails don't seem to NEED it to travel, though it helps with climbing.)

I'm assuming with the snail-like configuration it would be very slow, though that wouldn't really be a huge issue for an ambush predator. The legs would be faster, I think, but harder to hide.

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