Claudia Allegonda 029

Claudia liked several pairs of the new glasses but she hesitated when the stranger

invited her to mention her favourite pair.

"What are these two glasses on the bottom of the box? The lenses look funny. 

They must be awfully strong"

"They are very strong but there's nothing awful about them", the stranger replied.

"Do you want to give them a try?"

Claudia took one of the glasses from the box. The lenses were not entirely clean

but that did not bother her. She was fascinated by the peculiar shape of the lenses.

"That's a pair of Nigura glasses. The lenses are called blended myodiscs", the

stranger explained. "The central parts of these lenses minify everything but the

surrounding part is magnifying. It's made that way to keep the lenses thin.

The lenses are 18 and 19 diopters strong".

For a moment, Claudia hesitated. She held the glasses some eight inches in front

of her face. She saw two minified images of the stranger.

Then she put the glasses on....