The Metamorphoses
A young man wakes up one morning to discover he has transformed into a giant insect, shocking his family and changing his life forever. This strange event forces everyone around him to face difficult truths about love, duty, and what it means to be human.
My name is Mirror.
Mi nombre es Espejo.
I live in the school bathroom.
Vivo en el baño de la escuela.
Every day, I see many things.
Cada día, veo muchas cosas.
Today, a new girl came to school.
Hoy, una nueva chica llegó a la escuela.
Her name is Maya.
Su nombre es Maya.
She looked at me and said,
Me miró y dijo,
"I am so ugly."
"Soy tan fea."
"I hate my nose."
"Odio mi nariz."
"I hate my hair."
Odio mi cabello.
I wanted to tell her,
Quería decirle,
"You are beautiful!"
¡Eres hermosa!
But mirrors cannot talk.
Pero los espejos no pueden hablar.
Maya came back every day.
Maya regresaba todos los días.
She looked at me and said bad things about herself.
Ella me miró y dijo cosas malas sobre sí misma.
"My eyes are too small."
"Mis ojos son demasiado pequeños."
"My skin is bad."
Mi piel está mal.
"Nobody likes me."
A nadie le gusto.
But I saw something different.
Pero yo vi algo diferente.
I saw her help a small boy find his lunch box.
La vi ayudar a un niño pequeño a encontrar su lonchera.
I saw her give her pencil to a friend.
La vi darle su lápiz a una amiga.
I saw her smile when she read books.
La vi sonreír cuando leía libros.
One day, Maya's friend Emma came with her.
Un día, Emma, la amiga de Maya, vino con ella.
Emma looked at me and said,
Emma me miró y dijo,
"Maya, you are so pretty!"
"¡Maya, eres tan hermosa!"
"And you are the kindest person I know."
"Y tú eres la persona más bondadosa que conozco."
Maya looked at me again.
Maya me miró de nuevo.
This time, she saw something new.
Esta vez, vio algo nuevo.
She saw her kind eyes.
Vio sus ojos bondadosos.
She saw her helpful hands.
Vio sus manos serviciales.
She saw her beautiful smile.
Vio su hermosa sonrisa.
"Maybe I am not so bad,"
"Tal vez no soy tan mala,"
Maya said to me. From that day, Maya looked at me differently.
me dijo Maya. Desde ese día, Maya me miró de manera diferente.
She saw her good heart in her face.
Ella vio su buen corazón en su rostro.
She saw her smart mind in her eyes.
Vio su mente inteligente en sus ojos.
I am just a mirror.
Soy solo un espejo.
But I learned something important.
Pero aprendí algo importante.
Beauty is not just what you see.
La belleza no es solo lo que ves.
Beauty is who you are inside.
La belleza es quien eres por dentro.
Now when Maya looks at me, she smiles.
Ahora cuando Maya me mira, sonríe.
And when she smiles, the whole bathroom becomes brighter.
Y cuando sonríe, todo el baño se vuelve más luminoso.
Maya changed.
Maya cambió.
But really, she just learned to see herself the right way.
Pero en realidad, solo aprendió a verse a sí misma de la manera correcta.