Jolena and the boys were looking for someone to join them in a game of cards. They needed at least four people for the game they wanted to play for it to be fun, and Emil had come up with a way they could hold the cards more easily.
He wanted to try it out. They found Mariah sitting in front of the mirror in the bathroom, trying on a scarf.
"What are you doing," Jolena asked.
"I'm trying to see how I would look in a hijab (HIH-jub)," Mariah replied.
"What is a hijab?" Billy asked, moving around behind Jolena so he could see Mariah.
"It's a special kind of scarf to wear on your head," Mariah explained. "I wish I could see how it looks in the back," she added.
"One of us could hold up another mirror," Emil suggested. "Then you can see the back."
The dolls looked in the drawers to see if they could find a small mirror one of them could hold.
While they were looking, Pippa appeared in the doorway. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"We're looking for a small mirror," Billy told her. "Mariah wants to see how her hijab looks from the back."
"What's a hijab?" Pippa asked.
"It's a scarf to wear on your head," Emil replied.
"It's a special kind of scarf," Mariah corrected. "It's for older girls and ladies to wear, not boys."
"That's interesting," Pippa said, "and it's pretty. Hey, I know where there's a small mirror," she added.
Then Pippa ran off, returning after a couple of minutes with the small mirror she remembered when she had looked through the drawers and cabinets in the other bathroom. "Here," she said after she climbed up to where they were. "Try this."
Pippa handed the mirror to Jolena, who held it up for Mariah, so she could see the back of her head. In the small mirror, Mariah could see her face and the reflection (re-FLEK-shun) of the big mirror showing the back of her head.
"Are you dressing up for a costume party?" Pippa asked as Mariah turned her head from side to side to see how she looked from the back.
"No," Mariah replied. "I just wanted to see how I would look in a hijab. You see, real human girls who believe the way I do and go to the mosque (MOSK) to worship on Fridays can wear a hijab when they get old enough if they want."
"Will you do that when you get old enough?" Pippa asked.
"I'll never be old enough," Mariah said. "You see, dolls never grow up. I just wanted to see how it would look."
"But I've seen grown-up dolls," Pippa said. "They wear high heels and lipstick and everything, like grown-up human ladies."
"Yes," Mariah agreed, "but those dolls start out grown-up."
The dolls all thought about that.
Jolena still looked puzzled.
"Look," Mariah went on. "It's like your helmet. Why do you wear a helmet when you ski?" she asked Jolena.
"Skiers wear helmets to protect their heads," Jolena said, "because they sometimes fall and can hit their heads."
"But you're a doll," Mariah pointed out. "If you didn't wear a helmet and you fell the wrong way, you might get some scratches in your vinyl, but you wouldn't hurt your doll brain."
"Oh, I think I see!" Jolena exclaimed. "I wear a helmet so everyone knows I'm a skier! They know that before they even talk to me. I love that I'm a skier. I want everyone to know that! It's an important part of who I am!"
"They will still know you're pretty," Pippa said, looking at Mariah. "I think you look lovely in a hijab."
"Well, we don't want to wear hijabs," Billy said, turning to Emil. "We don't, do we, Emil? Not that there's anything wrong with them, but hijabs are for girls. We boys have our own kind of head covering that shows that we are boys. That's what we want everyone to know about us!"
"You mean our wigs?" Emil inquired.
The two boys smiled at each other. At least, they pretended to smile, but their faces are vinyl and don't move. The dolls all knew they were smiling, though. They knew that Billy and Emil were glad everyone could tell they were boys. It was an important part of who they were.
"Now," Jolena observed, "we have enough dolls to play the card game that takes at least four, so if Mariah or Pippa will join us...or better yet, both of you!"
Mariah left her hijab on her head while they played cards. It was fun to pretend to be a real grownup girl.
Emil discovered that it was difficult to pull the cards out of his new card holder. It held up the game, but the other dolls didn't mind. It was fun to watch him use his new invention.
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Mariah: Götz Happy Kidz Mariah, "Chosen" from My Doll Best Friend
Billy: Götz Happy Kidz Lily at London
Emil: Götz Happy Kidz Emilia
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