once upon a time

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once upon a time, a little girl would pose in front of the mirror and pretend she was a model and her mother would tell her she was beautiful and the little girl believed it. her father would call her his little princess and spin her around and she would go play with cars and barbies with her brothers with a smile on her face and her insides were warm with happiness.

once upon a time, a young girl would pose in front of the mirror and wished she was a model even though she knew she never would be and her mother would tell her she was beautiful and the young girl thought that maybe she was. her father would call her his little princess but wouldn’t spin her around because she was too heavy and she would go play with barbies in her room and sometimes talk to her brothers and she had a smile on her face but her insides weren’t as warm.

once upon a time, a girl would pose in front of the mirror and wished she could look like the models and the pretty girls and her mother would tell her she was beautiful and the girl didn’t really believe it but she smiled anyways. her father would tell her she was like a princess but she only said thanks and walked away and she would go play by herself in her room and admired her skinny and beautiful barbies and her brothers would invite her to play but she said no and had a smile on her face but she wasn’t sure if her insides even lit up at all.

once upon a time, a older girl would look in front of the mirror and cried because all she could see was the fat and the imperfections and her mother would tell her she was beautiful but the girl didn’t believe it at all. her father would tell her she was acting strange and was she okay but she only nodded her head and walked away and she would go into her room and pull out her razors and slash her wrists because that’s all she knew how to do anymore and she wiped up the blood and her brothers would knock on her door and tell her to come play with them and she walked out with longer sleeves and a smile on her face that she knew was fake and her insides felt as if they were falling apart.

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