When we last saw Mandy and Veronika, they were looking at their hair in the mirror in the bathroom.
Veronika's hair was the same as always. Mandy's hair was in little braids all over. Veronika thought it looked interesting. Mandy wasn't sure, but she hoped she would have curly hair when they took the braids out.
Veronika had brushed and combed and washed Mandy's hair for her. She had been very careful not to get water into Mandy's eyes.
Then they had gone back to the workroom, where Veronika got out the stretchy bands from the box with the hair things. Then Veronika braided the wet hair.
Then they had gone back to look in the mirror again and talked about Mandy's roots. They also talked about Veronika's roots, which are different, because Veronika was made to have two braids with a part in the middle. That's where we left off.
When Mandy and Veronika came back to the workroom again, the boys had come in and were relaxing on the new daybed. The Writer had put the daybed there so when company comes, there will be another place for real people to sleep.
Emil and Billy looked up when the girls came in. "What's that on top of your head, Mandy," Billy asked. "It looks like you're wearing an octopus!"
"I think it looks more like a spider," Emil countered. "A big one. Maybe a tarantula (tuh-RAN-cha-la). He had been reading about the spiders as big as a doll's head.
Mandy had to keep her hair in braids for a week. It didn't stop her from doing things.
On Monday Mandy went bird-watching with Billy and Emil. They took turns carrying the bird book, because it is heavy, even though there are only birds inside it.
On Tuesday Mandy sat with Veronika and listened to Charlotte play her violin. Charlotte was going to have to play at something called a recital (ree-SYE-tul). She was going to perform with other dolls who took music lessons from the same music teacher. She wanted practice playing in front of an audience, so she wouldn't be nervous.
On Wednesday Mandy walked with Pippa to the lake. Pippa had to carry her own towel and her pail. Mandy carried her towel and a basket with water, a snack and her knitting.
On Thursday Mandy and Mariah rode the bicycles to the library. They wore their backpacks, because they needed to take some books back and planned to check out some others to read. Mandy told Mariah she planned to look for a book about tarantulas. Mariah said that she sensed a story there.
On Friday Mandy helped Jolena make a corn salad for supper.
On Saturday Mandy helped Emil learn to balance his checkbook. Being able to balance your checkbook is an important life skill! While she was helping him he did not mention tarantulas.
Whatever she had to do, Mandy went on about her life as a busy doll. Everywhere she went, her braided hair went with her. Everything she did, she did wearing her hair in braids.
When it had been a week, Mandy asked Veronika to help her undo the braids and brush her hair.
Veronika was very happy to do that. She was interested to see what it would look like.
When all the braids were taken out and the hair brushed, they tried to style Mandy's hair.
"What do you think?" Mandy asked Veronika when it was all combed out. The hair was now so thick and curly, that it was difficult to manage.
"It looks interesting," Veronika said, "but what do you think?"
Mandy was more concerned about being able to see her knitting.
They finally got it into a style they thought looked nice. Then the girls went to look in the mirror again.
They looked for a long time. Then Mandy finally said, "That was fun, but it was a lot of trouble. I'll put on a nice dress. Let's get Billy to take some photos, so I can remember."
"Good idea," Veronika agreed.
Here's the photo Billy took.
After they were done with the photo shoot, the girls went back to look in the mirror again. Emil helped Billy put the camera equipment away and then went back to the bathroom to eavesdrop on the girls. That means they planned to listen to what the girls were saying, even though they were not part of it.
"That was fun," Mandy said, looking at herself in the mirror, "but it's a lot of trouble for everyday hair."
"Now let's wash it out," Veronika said. "Let's get our bathing suits back on!"
"Aren't you glad we have wigs and short hair?" Billy asked Emil.
"Yeah," Emil agreed. "I would hate to have to wear a mutant tarantula on my head for a week!"
Mandy: Götz Happy Kidz Katie 2015
Jolena: Götz Happy Kidz Lena in Aspen
Charlotte: Götz Happy Kidz Anna in Paris
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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Delightful story. Some mornings my family will laugh at mommies hair and say there is a spider on my head. Mandy's hair is lovely. Perhaps a couple of clips to keep in out of her face. She looks like a princess.
ReplyDeleteA mutant tarantula on the head ......! Oh, those boys!
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