Favorite School Story of the Week
Jan. 15th, 2010 06:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I was sitting with a first-grade class at lunch on Wednesday. I was sitting there listening to the chatter when two girls said, "Mrs. Rowland! You have something white in your hair!" Now, because I had my hair down and because I was eating mashed potatoes, my very first thought was that somehow I had gotten mashed potatoes in my hair.
I started trying to get whatever was in my hair out of my hair, but I couldn't find anything. The girls, helpful to the last, kept pointing and saying, "It's right there!"
At last, a chunk of my hair fell forward to where I could see it and could see what they were pointing at.
There was a pause.
I said, "Girls, my hair is white."
They sat back, impressed. "But...how did you get the white in your hair? Did you use spray?"
"Girls," I said, "I'm old!"
I started trying to get whatever was in my hair out of my hair, but I couldn't find anything. The girls, helpful to the last, kept pointing and saying, "It's right there!"
At last, a chunk of my hair fell forward to where I could see it and could see what they were pointing at.
There was a pause.
I said, "Girls, my hair is white."
They sat back, impressed. "But...how did you get the white in your hair? Did you use spray?"
"Girls," I said, "I'm old!"
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