@cfmycwn said : “ i’m doing it exactly like you told me to, and i’m still not getting it right. ”
❝ Oh, hardly. You’re not doing it exactly like I told you otherwise you’d have done it by now. ❞ mary poppins all but rolls her eyes, sighs, a bit dramatically, and then moves forward ━━ must she do everything ? oh, yes, she must. placing one hand very gently on the small of alice’s back, the other resting upon her arm, straightening it, she demonstrates what she means.
❝ First of all, your posture is dreadful. Stand up straight please, don’t slouch. How do you expect your reflection to hear you if you’re not even speaking to it properly? ❞ mary adjusts alice’s posture as she speaks, pushing between her shoulder blades, gently albeit firmly. once alice follows suit, mary lifts her own neck, clearing her throat.
❝ Now: speak loudly and very clearly. Say: ‘ reflect, don’t recollect. ’ ❞
mary opens one eye to make sure alice is listening. she taps her softly on the leg with her umbrella. ❝ Go on now ━━ very clearly. Into the mirror. ❞