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IN SEVEN PARTS PART ONE THE MIRROR AND ITS FRAGMENTS Listen! Our story is beginning. By the time we reach the end, we may understand more than we do now.
English · Intermediate
The Snow Queen
Gerda journeys through a series of strange lands to find Kay after he is taken by the Snow Queen.
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The wicked magician's mirror
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There was once an extremely wicked magician who had invented a strange mirror. Anything good or beautiful became almost invisible in it, while everything ugly or useless looked ten times worse. Lovely landscapes resembled boiled spinach. Handsome people looked so unpleasant and twisted that even their friends would not have recognized them.
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A single freckle seemed to spread across a person's nose and mouth, and a good or religious thought appeared as a wrinkle.
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The magician chuckled with delight at his clever invention. His students carried news of it everywhere. According to them, the mirror finally showed the world and its people as they really were.
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