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Karen's Haircut
by Ann M. Martin

Karen needs a new haircut to make her look glamorous.

I sat down in the haircutting chair. I was so excited. I could feel the butterflies in my tummy. Gloriana began to snip away.

Gloriana had been cutting my hair for a while when Mommy came over to me and said," Andrew is getting wiggly. I'm going to take him for a walk, okay?"

"Okay," I answered.

While Mommy and Andrew were gone, Gloriana snipped and cut and cut and snipped. My long hair fell in a pile on the floor. Suddenly I realized something awful. My hair was getting too short! But I was afraid to tell Gloriana.

I wanted Mommy.

By the time Mommy and Andrew came back, Gloriana was finished with my hair. It was not the cut I had asked for.

I was practically bald.

Karen's Haircut
Published by Scholastic Inc. 1996
ISBN: 0590426702