Complete Illustrated Stories Of Hans Christian Andersen

One day he was in very good spirits, for he had made a mirror which had this peculiarity, that everything good and beautiful that was reflected in it shrank together into almost nothing, but that whatever was worthless and looked ugly became prominent and looked worse than ever. The most lovely landscapes seen in this mirror looked like boiled spinach, and the best people became hideous, or stood on their heads or had no bodies; their faces were so distorted as to be unrecognisable, and a single freckle was shown spread out over nose and mouth. ("The Snow Queen")