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Sep 2022
11m 40s

I'm Only Pretty Until 12 pm

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My heart was beating madly as I raced through the park. I had to get away from him, but I could hear his footsteps, he was right behind me.

Then I noticed the public bathroom, I ran inside and stood there, gasping for breath. As my breathing began to come back to normal I looked at my reflection in the bathroom mirror.

I watched in terror as my beautiful face turned into something out of a horror movie.

And if you think that is shocking, you will never believe what happens at the end of this video.

I hadn’t had a very easy childhood, you see, to say that I was ugly was a huge understatement. Even though my parents tried to reassure me that it was what was inside that mattered. I couldn’t help wishing that I hadn’t been born so ugly.

It was difficult for me, especially at school. The other kids would always laugh at me and call me names,

“Hey, what’s it like having the face of an ogre?”

I learnt to ignore their words, but it still hurt. The only thing that saved me was that I was really smart. At least I had that I suppose. Imagine if I had been ugly and dumb! Now that would really have been awful.

But luckily I had been born with some brains, and I used them to the best of my ability. I loved entering competitions because I knew that I was sure to win. And when the kids at school saw me collecting trophy after trophy they had to congratulate me.



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