First Impression of Coraline:

Well so far in the book, Coraline, is just a simple person like you and me, and she just moved into a house, that is right next to some weird neighbors...there's this crazy old dude that says that he is training mice, for his secret circus...weird huh? And then there's these other two lil ol' ladies, they're crazy too, they have way too many scottish terriors, most of them are stuffed, they claim that they used to be in showbizz, but they currently have two dogs, both still scottish terriors, and at the end of Corliane's visit with all three of the crazy people, they all told her that there was danger coming up for her. And every one except for her parents call her Caroline. They always get her name wrong. but the mice, she thought could talk...told the crazy man to tell Coraline, that there's danger, and she needs to be prepared. Lucky for her the two ladies gave her a rock with a hole through it, she doesn't know what to do with it yet, but she'll use it. Then there's the door...the door she finds in an empty room, she opens it, and it's just brick, she's dissapointed. The next time she opens it, her mother is out to the store, and her dad is on a trip, she finds that there's no bricks, just a dark tunnel, she is scared but she crawls through it anyway. She crawls out, and everything looks exactly the same as her house, she thinks that she may have just been crawling through a tunnel that lead through her house, and back again. But then she smells the delicious food, and hears someone in the kitchen singing...she finds a person that looks like her mother, cooking none the less! She's surprised, and then she walks forward, her mother turns around..."We've been waiting for you." creeped out by that Coraline, asks who she is, and she says that she is Coraline's other mother. So then she asks, where's my dad, and the other mother is like well could you go get him, he's in the office, and tell him that lunch is ready. So Corliane goes to get him, and finds that he is really happy, and playing the piano! He's usually on the computer, doing bookwork and tuff, but not this dad, so she thinks that he must be the other father. Then as she explores she realizes that this has to be a big dream, she tries waking up but nothing happens, she's still there. Then she looks around and finds that there are the three crazy old people again! And everything that the old ladies used to do, they were young, and all these scottish terriors were clapping, and cheering them on! They were theatre people! Then she met the old man, he was young too, with a big plump looking mustache. And she stepped into his condo, which was upstairs, and watched as the mice danced and sang her a tune, that told her that they were there when she awakes, and they will be there when she falls, she leaves and meets a cat that talks, who says that he is from her world, and that he is not part of the imaginary world she sees here, and so she walks around with the cat, and just like everyone else, he warned her about this world. She's a little creeped out about it, but then the cat says, it's a good thing you brought that wih you, you'll need protection, and she comes back to her other parents house, she sees a needle, with black thread, and big black buttons! Her other mother says it'll be good for her, but she says no, and her other parents are like, well then we'll see you the next time, and she leaves as she sees her other mother mouthing the words, not saying, mouthing, "Come back soon." and she waves her finger toward herself, bringing it back and forth.