Once upon a time, there was a man named Vinnie. You wouldn’t find a better looking man than Vinnie in all of the kingdom. Everyday women would tell him how gorgeous he was, they’d bat their eyes and flirt and Vinnie would flirt back.

Be that as it may, Vinnie had eyes for only one girl, but Elizabeth was not interested. She loathed Vinnie for his narcissism, she found his love for himself infuriating.

One day, when Vinnie was bothering Elizabeth relentlessly, she decided he needed to be taught a lesson. When she turned to face Vinnie, she pretended to be horrified, “Vinnie! What has happened to your once so beautiful face? It has disfigured horribly, I almost can’t bear to look.” The reaction was instant, Vinnie was distraught. He asked “What do you mean? What is it has happened? Am I no longer beautiful?” Elizabeth shook her head “I am sorry Vinnie, your beauty has vanished.” And with that, Vinnie ran from the scene as fast as he could. He ran and ran and ran. Out of the village, away from the shocked faces of women who had seen his disfigurement as he ran. He ran to the river which bordered the village. He was scared of what he may see, he took a moment to catch his breath for he had been running a while. He shook himself, it was now or never. Slowly he leaned over to look at his reflection within the water. He almost laughed, he was perfect! Just as perfect as he always was! That foul woman had lied to him, how dare she? And suddenly he felt angry that he had been cheated like this. He wished there were a way for him to always look at his face, thus he may never fear that he is not handsome. With this thought, he ordered all of the finest inventors in the village to create an instrument in which he would see his reflection like the surface of water. Thus, the mirror was born, and Vinnie lived the rest of his life in happy vanity.