The Old folks always say something that makes you wonder if what they are saying is true. Many children would do the said thing to see if it was.

When I was a child, my father told me not to make monkey tricks when I was looking in a mirror because I will get nightmares. After he told me that I did not like to look in mirrors, just in case I forget and started making tricks. Day in and day out when I looked in the mirror I kept a straight face. Years went by and then one day I said to myself, “You are a gullible teenager, holding on to the tricks in the mirror story is childish.” I stood in front of the mirror and started to make monkey tricks, distorting my face in horrible ways, laughing and really enjoy it. All day I remember the moment and I would smile. When I went to bed that night, I remembered it for the moment, fell into a deep sleep and woke up the next morning well rested, no nightmares. The monkey tricks in the mirror continued and no nightmare for a while then one night I had the most horrible dream. The dream started with me and some of my friends, playing on the street we lived on. We were having a wonderful time when the place suddenly got very dark and dismal. I looked around to say something to them, but I was alone. No one was around so I decided to go home. While I was walking towards our house, I saw a shadow in the distance coming towards me. My heart was racing as I started to run. The shadow started to run towards me so I ran faster and it was moving faster. I reached our gate, opened it quickly and stepped in. As I got into the yard and stepped onto the porch the shadow was standing there with a hideous smile. I started to scream and scream until my sister woke me saying, “Alla you are having a nightmare.” Since that horrible nightmare, I do not make tricks in the mirror…