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Sophie had just moved into her new apartment.
It was old, but charming—with wooden floors, high ceilings, and a long hallway that led to the bedrooms.
At the end of the hallway hung alarge, oval mirror.
The landlord had told her it wasbuilt into the wall, couldn’t be removed.
She didn’t think much of it.
Until the third night.
She was walking to the bathroom in the dark when she passed the mirror.
Something felt…off.
She stopped. Turned.
Her reflection was there—but it wasn’t moving.
Sophie stood frozen.
She waved her hand. Her reflection didn’t move.
It just stared at her.
Then—it smiled.
Sophie gasped and ran into her room, slamming the door shut.
The next morning, she checked the mirror again.
Everything looked normal.
Maybe she had imagined it. Maybe it was a trick of the light.
That night, she covered the mirror with a bedsheet.
But in the middle of the night—she woke up.
Something waswhispering her name.
She got up, heart racing.
The mirror wasuncovered.
The bedsheet lay crumpled on the floor.
And in the mirror—
Her reflection wasalready standing.
Even though she was still in bed.
The reflectionraised a finger to its lips.
Shhh.
And smiled again.
Key Words & Phrases
charming-有魅力的，迷人的
oval mirror-椭圆形镜子
off-不对劲的
froze/frozen-僵住，呆住
didn’t move-没有动
gasped-倒抽一口气
trick of the light-光影错觉
whispering her name-低声叫她的名字
raised a finger to its lips-将手指放到嘴边（示意安静）
smiled again-又笑了
索菲刚搬进她的新公寓。
这是一间老房子，但很有魅力——木地板、高天花板，还有一条通向卧室的长长走廊。
走廊尽头挂着一面椭圆形的大镜子。
房东告诉她，镜子是嵌在墙里的，没法拆下来。
索菲没太在意。
直到第三个晚上。
她半夜走去洗手间，经过那面镜子时，突然觉得——
哪里不对劲。
她停下脚步，转过身。
镜子里确实有她的倒影——但它没在动。
索菲僵住了。
她挥了挥手。
倒影一动不动。
它只是盯着她看。
然后——
它笑了。
索菲倒抽一口气，猛地跑回房间，砰地关上门。
第二天早上，她再去看那面镜子。
一切看起来都正常。
也许她只是想太多。也许只是光影的错觉。
那晚，她用一条床单把镜子遮住了。
但半夜，她被惊醒了。
她听见有人在低声叫她的名字。
她心跳加快，起身查看。
镜子已经被掀开了。
床单皱巴巴地躺在地上。
而镜子里——
她的倒影已经站了起来。
尽管她还在床上躺着。
镜中的她举起一根手指放在唇边——
“嘘。”
然后，又笑了。
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