No Strings Attached: Opposites

A fly is busy spinning its web as a spider zigzags about the room. I rub my eyes.

Am I seeing things?

I look again. No, the fly is making a very nice little web. That's what fly's do isn't it?

Then I see the clock on the wall. It is turning slowly, while the hands stay in the same place. Surely, this is a dream?

I get out of bed and go to the window. Is the world the same, or has it changed too?

Flowers are hovering about, collecting nectar from beautiful bees. The clouds are shining, and big, fluffy suns are drifting across the sky.

Oh no! What's happening to me!

I stumble back to my bed and sit on the edge. Now I realize there is something wrong with the bed too. The mattress is a pillow, and the rest of the bed is all pillow instead of mattress. My pajamas are uncomfortable. I notice that the top is on my legs, and the trousers are on my arms.

What's happening to my world?

And then I remember. I must have fallen through the mirror.

It happened yesterday, when I was in the attic. We have a fantastic attic! Its so full of stuff, you can hardly get into it. I pushed the small door in the ceiling up and got my head through, then I squeezed into the crack and pointed the torch around. Amazing! Darkness and musty smell and cobwebs and dust, and boxes and bags, and things wrapped up and clothes on hooks, furniture, blankets, jars, tools, pictures in frames. And a funny smell, like things decaying,

Then I saw why the door wouldn't open. It had stuff piled on top. Stuff that had slipped down ages ago. I was the first one to come and look in the attic for years and years.

I sat on the end of a trunk for a while, just looking at everything. It was raining, so the whole place was full of a drumming sound. It felt cozy, and secret, up there in the attic. I wondered if I could stay there for ever. The torch was the only thing alive in the darkness. It jumped about, stopping on things, exploring, and dancing away, as if it had eyes to see with, and fingers to touch with, and a mind to think with.