Mirror

There are no any mirrors in this world. So people can only see another person. They can't see themselves and think that everything another person talk about them are lies. This is a story about one day in this world.

An woke up when sunlight is pouring down through rifts in the white clouds. He began a new day with a bowl of pho and a cup of ice coffee. And then he put on T-shirt he likes best and left for work. He met a neighbour and said hello. But that man looked at him strangely and told him :

- Hey! Why did you wear a purple T-shirt with a green pants? And your tie is loosening. Don't you think that outfit is weird?

- No, I didn't see anything weird but your "window" is opening! Check yourself before tell others, ok?

An's neighbour was in rush to pull the zipper of his pants while An turned his back and go forward.

At the office, An saw various fashions. Hoa was wearing a big glasses even though her face is so small. Nam let his beard grow too clumsy but he didn't have anyone shave for him. If anyone told him that beard looked too dirty, he had just smile and kept it growing. No one trusts what others talked about themselves. They thought simply "it's just a lie". On lunch time, An had a little chit chat with co-workers. An mutters :

- Hey, do you think Nam's son is not much same as him, especially the face!

- Everyone have known that except him.

- Yeah yeah, there're someone told him but he insists that boy has the same face as him! Although even him hasn't known how his own face is look like!? Stubborn guy huh hahaha...

There's a man who's always outside these chit chat. Contrary to all, he trusted everything others said and didn't trust himself. When someone told him that his hair style was old-fashioned and should have cut shorter, the next day he had his hair cut. The following day, another man said that long hair was more suitable than. He wore a wig after that. That man became a pastime for everybody at this office. Sometimes An thought that how could there's a man like that in this world. If he could survive it must have been a miracle.

Far from that noisy city, a monk has been living alone in a quiet pagoda. Every morning, he wakes up together with lively sounds of small birds outside the window. He doesn't have any mirrors either, but he never needs one. When someone asked him how could know what's right or wrong in this world without mirrors like this, he smiled and said :

- Close your eyes and listen the clap of a hand.