Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn__ show you your reflection. It showed you your soul__t showed you who you really were.The wizard couldn__ look at it without turning away. The king couldn__ look at it. The courtiers couldn__ look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for sixty seconds without turning away. And no one could.
She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.
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She stared at her reflection in the glossed shop windows as if to make sure, moment by moment, that she continued to exist.
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