CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 pg 5 A Hair y Scar y Decision CHAPTER 2 pg 15 On Your Mark Get Set Cut CHAPTER 3 Cut That Out pg 25 CHAPTER 4 pg 35 Shear Expectations CHAPTER 8 pg 73 A Cut Above CHAPTER 5 pg 45 Kids Care Club CHAPTER 6 pg 55 Blow-by-Blow CHAPTER 7 pg 63 A Lesson Learned
chapter 1 A Hairy Scary Decision The smell of Mom’s berrylicious pancakes drifted into my room I jumped out of bed and raced down to the kitchen Do I smell blueberry pancakes And strawberry said Mom Crockett yawned Then he made a face at me A not-so-nice face What’s that he asked I snatched one of Jack’s Tasty O’s off of his tray What That he said as he poked my head 5
I brushed my hand against my hair It was squishy Squashy An ooey gooey chewy mess I gasped Oh no It’s I zipped my lips The g-word makes Mom’s voice thundery Dad leaned over I think it’s Then he snapped his mouth shut and shook his head Dad didn’t want to say the g-word either So Crockett said it Gum I was doomed Doomed Mom waved her spatula in the air Gum Katharine Marie Carmichael you know better than to chew gum in bed You’d think after last time Last time was when I was six My babysitter let me practice my bubble blowing The more gum I chewed the bigger the bubbles But that was the problem My bubbles were too big 6
