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shy. But Clara was always waiting at home. They talked,

played, and Clara told her stories about the old house.

"A girl disappeared in this house a long time
ago," Clara said one night. "No one ever found her."

Laura kept talking to Clara, even when her mom
got worried. Her mom thought Laura was just

pretending.

…

Strange things happened. Laura heard footsteps at

night. Doors opened by themselves. The mirror fogged
up even when the air was dry. One day, Laura found an

old diary in a hidden drawer. The name on it was "Kim
Hae-won."

The girl who wrote it felt very lonely. Her family
left her. She talked to the mirror every day. The last page

said, "If I can’t have a friend while I'm alive, I’ll find one
after I die."

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