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The Other Mother offers Coraline a chance to stay in the Other World forever, if Coraline will allow buttons to be sewn into her eyes.

Coraline is horrified and escapes back through the door to go home, much to the disappointment of the Other Mother.

Upon her return to her apartment, Coraline finds her real parents are missing.

They do not return the next day, and the black cat wakes her and takes her to a mirror in her hallway, through which she can see her trapped parents.

They signal to her by writing " Help Us " on the glass, from which Coraline deduces the Other Mother has kidnapped them.

Though frightened of returning, Coraline goes back to the Other World to confront the Other Mother and rescue her parents.

In the garden, Coraline is prompted by the Cat to challenge the Other Mother, as “ her kind of thing loves games and challenges ”.

The Other Mother tries to convince Coraline to stay, but Coraline refuses, and is locked behind a mirror as punishment.