Mirrors

(photo by Elizabeth Fowler)

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

~ Ernest Holmes

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Elizabeth: Ooops! I almost kicked over that mirror.

Michelle: Be careful. A broken mirror is seven years of bad luck.

Elizabeth: Really?

Michelle: Yes, really.

Elizabeth: Have you ever broken a mirror?

Michelle: Oh, no. And I don't ever want to be around if that happens.

Elizabeth: (walks off to get her mother, then returns with Chris following). Oh, Michelle!! You must have put back together that mirror I just broke!

Chris: Elizabeth, there is a difference between joking and lying.

Elizabeth: Oh, okay. Well, this was a joke, then. (pause) Oh, Mom, is it seven years bad luck to break a mirror?

Chris: Yes, it is.

Elizabeth: Has that ever happened to you?

Chris: (pause) Probably.

Elizabeth: When?

Chris: How old are you?