Read a Good Book Lately? : J.L. Borges. ''Once upon a time, people and mirrors lived together'' by Arzu Gökyolcu

Arzu Gökyolcu

J.L. Borges. ''Once upon a time, people and mirrors lived together''

‘’Let me tell you another story, “Once upon a time, people and mirrors lived together. One could go

to that side by entering the mirrors, and from there to this side. There were some differences, of

course, but they weren’t too obvious. As time goes by, the mirrors rebelled and the people who are

living in the mirror tried to take over the world. There were bloody wars, a king stopped them with

magic and punished the mirrors. Their punishment was to live in a dream world, and the King

immediately imprisoned them in the mirrors. From now on, they would only imitate the objects

placed in front of them. They would no longer be anything but imitations, and reflections.

They are cursed with a duality that looks the same but is not the same despite so much similarity.

But the King knew that this spell would one day be broken. He also decided to hide the magic…

The story goes on. First, a line would appear on the mirrors, unlike any colour. Those in the mirrors

would no longer imitate objects, would not look like us, and would become something else. The

creature would enchant the people standing in front of them and they put them in the place where

they were imprisoned, and they would go into the world and they would take our place... How did

you find the story?

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