Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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A girl once asked her mirror,
"Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who is the smartest one of all?"
The mirror replied,
"I do not know, for I can't see inside people's heads."
The next day, the girl asked her mirror,
"Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who is the kindest one of all?"
The mirror replied,
"I do not know, for I can't see what people do during the day."
The day after that, the girl asked her mirror,
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the bravest one of all?"
The mirror replied,
"I do not know, for I can't see people's inner demons."
That night, the girl thought long and hard about her conversations with the mirror.
The next morning, she asked the mirror,
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, how can you judge anything at all?"
The mirror replied,
"I do not judge, for that's what people do."
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To all those who let their mirror define them.

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