<P> After Coraline returns to the copy of her flat , the Other Mother offers Coraline the opportunity to stay in the Other World forever , but in order to do so , Coraline must allow buttons to be sewn into her eyes . Coraline is horrified and returns through the door to her home . Upon return to her apartment , Coraline finds that 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 within a small space behind a mirror as punishment . </P>
<P> After Coraline returns to the copy of her flat , the Other Mother offers Coraline the opportunity to stay in the Other World forever , but in order to do so , Coraline must allow buttons to be sewn into her eyes . Coraline is horrified and returns through the door to her home . Upon return to her apartment , Coraline finds that 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 within a small space behind a mirror as punishment . </P>
where does the other mother keep coraline 's parents
where does the other mother keep coraline 's parents
a mirror in her hallway
a mirror in her hallway