The Beautiful Haircut

Sally Rippin

www.BillieBBrown.com

The
Beautiful
Haircut

By Sally Rippin
Illustrated by Aki Fukuoka

The Beautiful Haircut
published in 2010 by
Hardie Grant Egmont
85 High Street
Prahran, Victoria 3181, Australia
www.hardiegrantegmont.com.au

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
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the prior permission of the publishers and copyright owner.

A CiP record for this title is available from the National Library of Australia

Design and typeset by Stephanie Spartels

Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

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Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter
One

Billie B Brown has three
long-haired dolls, twelve
sparkly hairclips and
one pink comb. Do you
know what the B in
Billie B Brown stands for?

Beautiful.

Billie B Brown is
playing hairdressers today.
Hairdressers make people
look beautiful.

Jack is Billie’s best friend.
He lives next door.
Billie and Jack play
together every day.

If Jack wants to build a
cubby house, Billie helps
him. If Billie wants to play
soccer, Jack plays too.

But Jack doesn’t want to
play with Billie today.

‘Why don’t you want
me to do your hair?’
Billie asks. ‘I can make
you look beautiful.’

‘No, thanks,’ Jack frowns.

‘Why not?’ asks Billie.
‘I am a great hairdresser.
I can make anyone look
beautiful. Long hair,
short hair, boy, girl.’

Jack scrunches up his face.
‘I don’t want to look
beautiful, Billie. I want to
look cool. Can’t we play
something else?’

‘No, I want to play
hairdressers,’ Billie
says crossly. ‘If you
don’t want to play with
me you can go home.’

Jack stares at Billie.
Billie stares at Jack. Then
Jack stands up and walks
out of Billie’s bedroom.

Billie looks out her
bedroom window.
She sees Jack walk
outside into the garden.

There is a hole in the
fence between Jack’s
house and Billie’s house.
Jack squeezes through
the hole and runs home.

Billie feels very annoyed.
She and Jack always play
together! It was Billie’s
turn to choose the game
so she chose hairdressers.
Jack didn’t even try to
let Billie do his hair!

Billie knows Jack will
be back soon. They never
stay mad at each other
for long.

Anyway, Billie doesn’t
have time to worry
about Jack now. She is a
hairdresser, and she has
lots of customers!

Chapter
Two

Billie looks at her dolls.
They all have long hair.