The girls\u2019 toilets were the best place to avoid PE lessons and the odd double maths period. Here Nettie could read, sing in the tiled echo chamber, attempt new hairstyles and, best of all, try to figure how many times she was reflected in the mirrors on opposite walls. It was impossible to count, each iteration was smaller than the last. The opposing mirrors made a thing of wonder for Nettie. If she waved, all the Netties did the same, exact but diminished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At home Nettie tried the same effect with two of her bedroom mirrors. It was less stunning than the school arrangement and Nettie\u2019s friends weren\u2019t awestruck. Their main concern was the amount of time Nettie spent in front of her mirrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Come on Nettie, let\u2019s go out for a walk and get some chips.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suzie, the best mate, rarely failed to get a response to the chips lure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Nah, I got loads of homework to finish . You go and enjoy my share\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Nettie was determined to spend time alone with her beloved mirrors. Her mother put her head round the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018You OK Netts? We don\u2019t see much of you these days. Are you sure it\u2019s right to spend so long admiring yourself in the mirror? People might think you\u2019re getting vain. \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Mum you don\u2019t understand. I\u2019m not looking at me. Look at all the reflections stretching back, each one is the same as the others but smaller. It\u2019s just really interesting\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Hm very interesting. What\u2019s that bit of green? Is it a mark on the mirror? I\u2019ll get a cloth\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Netty had seen this green blob before but hadn\u2019t wanted to think about something spoiling the perfectly diminishing mirror images. Now a green hand seemed to wave before disappearing: couldn\u2019t be. It was definitely time to catch up with the gang at the chip shop; time to get her life back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full of chips and friendship chatter, Nettie decided to get ready for bed and catch up on her reading. Passing between the two mirrors she was very aware that the green blob had moved forward. Was it trapped between images? It was now just three reflections away from the actual mirror and seemed much bigger. Well of course it was bigger, the nearer you got to the real mirror the bigger things appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly the idea began to dawn that Green Blob wasn\u2019t a reflection. It was something trying to move through reflections until\u2026until it got to her mirror\u2026and then what would\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Aaahhhhh. Mum. Come and help me I\u2019m scared\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nettie\u2019s piercing scream summoned her mother rapidly. She took in the Blob\u2019s systematic climb forward, realized it could well be a malign force, grabbed a pot of hand cream and smashed it into the mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst the two hugged tightly, neither noticed an amorphous blob of green ectoplasm slide away under the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Nettie stopped hiding from PE lessons and double maths. Mirrors were never mentioned and neither were Green Blobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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