Page 12 - Green Butterfly Book 2
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“To you,” he said to his wife, “I have brought a thing of wonderful power that is called a mirror. Look and tell me what you see inside.” He handed her a little flat box of white wood, and when she opened it she saw a metal disk.
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One side was white as frosted silver and decorated with birds and flowers raised from the surface; the other side was shining and polished like a window-pane. Into this the young wife gazed with pleasure and astonishment; deep inside she saw looking out at her a smiling face with lips and animated eyes. “What do you see?” repeated the husband, enjoying her amazement and proud to prove that he had remembered her in his absence.
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