Emma always felt plain. She thinks her life
would completely change if she looked different,
maybe like someone in a movie. Her parents always insist that
she's beautiful just the way she is and that there is beauty
in being her own unique person. She doesn't have to look like
anyone else to be special. But Emma doesn't feel special. She longs for the attention
of the most popular beautiful girls. That's not to say
that Emma is lonely. In fact, she has a great
group of friends that she loves spe
nding time with. They have inside jokes
and secret handshakes. They always make her
forget about her worries and just enjoy the moment. But it's when she's by herself
that she begins to wonder if she's good enough again. Then, one day, Emma finds a
mirror that somebody threw out. It looks like a mirror
a princess would have. Emma decides to clean it
up and put it in her room. She gazes at it and begins to
think about all of the things she'd change about herself,
starting with her eyes. Wouldn't
it be amazing to
have brightly colored eyes? As soon as the thought
enters her head, her eyes change
from brown to blue. [gasps] She can't believe it. She assumes it's just
a trick of the mirror. But then the next day, when
she sees her reflection again, her eyes are still blue. Her parents are astonished. As Emma leaves for
school, they discuss how this could have happened. Her friends can't believe it. Whoa! Other kids in the school begin
to notice her bright blue eyes. She's actually getting
attention for her appearance. And it's all thanks
to the magical mirror. That night, Emma
takes out the mirror. If the mirror can change her
eye color, what else can it do? She wonders if it can
change her hair color. She always dreamt
of being a redhead. It happened. [gasps] She couldn't believe all it
took was thinking about it. She thought about having
purple hair, maybe black. What about her nose
she never liked? Can she change that? Yes! The size of her ears? Yes! The shape of her face? Emm
a finally looks like
one of the glamorous models she sees in the movies. She looks like a completely
different person. She thinks now she'll have
the life she always dreamed. Now she'll be happy. The next morning, Emma's parents
don't even recognize her. They don't understand who the
stranger is in their home. Where's Emma? Emma tries to convince
them that it's her. She shows them pictures
of her old self and explains that
it's still her. But they don't see it. They think it's some
kind of terri
ble joke and ask her to leave-- Get out of here. --and bring back their daughter. Upset, Emma goes to school. Surely her friends will
know that it's her. But they don't
recognize her either. She tries to prove who she is
by doing their secret handshake. But her friends want nothing
to do with this strange girl. She tries to explain that
she's still the same person. She just looks different. But they tell her
that friendships aren't based on looks alone. And they keep their
distance from her, sti
ll not believing it's Emma. Desperate to get her old life
back, she takes out the mirror and tries to put herself
back to the way she was. She thinks about her brown eyes. Nothing happens. She thinks about her original
hair color, her nose, her ears, and the shape of her face. But nothing changes. She's stuck looking like
this completely new person. Frustrated, Emma throws
the mirror to the floor. She now knows why someone
had thrown it out. Emma decides that
now all she can do is try to be hers
elf
as best as she can. What she doesn't notice
is that inside the mirror is a terrified Emma, the old
Emma, desperate to get out. [emma screaming] She appears to be screaming,
but nobody can hear. [emma screaming]
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