Katharine the Almost Great: Hair's Looking at You

Katharine the Almost Great: Hair's Looking at You — page 5
They pop pop popped in my hair My babysitter had to give me a haircut The worst-haircut-in-the-history-of-the world kind of haircut Mom lifted the tangled mess and sighed You never listen Katharine But I do I insisted Remember when you said not to throw pennies into the fi sh fountain She nodded Well I didn’t Mom raised her eyebrows But you threw quarters instead I sunk down in my chair and tap tap tapped my fi ngers At Tamara’s sleepover you told me not go to bed at midnight didn’t you Mom nodded again I listened We went to bed at twelve thirty 7