One day, when he was in a merry mood, the demon made a looking-glass which had the power of making everything good or beautiful that was reflected in it almost shrink to nothing, while everything that was worthless and bad looked increased in size and worse than ever.
En dag, da han var i et godt humør, lavede djævlen et forstørrelsesglas der var i stand til at få alt godt eller smukt der blev spejlet deri, til at skrumpe ind til næsten ingenting, medens alt som var værdiløst og dårligt, tog sig større og værre ud end nogensinde.