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De spiegel van de boosaardige tovenaar
The wicked magician's mirror
Dutch
Er was eens een heel slechte tovenaar. Hij maakte een bijzondere spiegel. Alles wat mooi en goed was, leek daarin klein en onbelangrijk. Alles wat lelijk en slecht was, leek juist veel groter en erger. Zelfs de mooiste mensen kregen in die spiegel vreemde, lelijke gezichten.
English translation
Once upon a time there was a very wicked wizard. He made a remarkable mirror. Everything beautiful and good looked small and unimportant in it. Everything ugly and bad, by contrast, looked much bigger and worse. Even the most beautiful people had strange, ugly faces in the mirror.
Dutch
De tovenaar lachte om zijn werk. Hij gaf les op een toverschool. Zijn leerlingen vonden de spiegel geweldig. Ze zeiden overal dat je daarmee eindelijk kon zien hoe de wereld werkelijk was.
English translation
The wizard laughed at his work. He taught at a school of magic. His pupils thought the mirror was wonderful. Everywhere they went, they said that with it, at last, you could see what the world was really like.
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