‘I don’t need Jack to play
hairdressers,’ she says
to them. ‘I have you.
OK, who is next?’

Billie picks up a doll.
‘Claudia! Look at your
hair. It’s such a mess!
I will fix it for you.’

When Billie’s doll
Claudia was new, she
had lovely long hair.
Now it is like a yellow
bush. Long hair is very
difficult to look after.

You have to brush it
a lot. This can be a little
bit boring.

Billie puts some clips in
Claudia’s hair. ‘Mmm,
that’s better,’ Billie says.
Claudia looks beautiful.

Next it is Tomoko’s turn.
Tomoko has dark hair
just like Billie’s. Tomoko’s
hair used to be shiny
and smooth, but one
day Billie accidentally
dropped some glue in it.

Now one side is smooth
and one side is knotted.

Not to worry. Billie is
such a good hairdresser
that she can make any
hair look great. She puts
a sparkly clip into
Tomoko’s hair.
Yes, that’s
much better!

Billie’s last doll used to be
called Barbara but now
everyone calls her Stinky.
Stinky used to have
long ginger curls but
now they are just a
teensy bit green.

Billie left Stinky down in
the bottom of the garden
for three whole weeks.
Stinky is still beautiful
but now she is a little bit
mouldy and, well, a little
bit stinky.

Stinky looks very pretty
with sparkly hairclips in
her hair, doesn’t she?

The dolls are very good
customers. They sit very
still and they don’t talk.

Much better than Jack,
Billie thinks.

But soon Billie starts
to get bored. Billie is
a very good hairdresser,
but real hairdressers don’t
just put clips in hair.

They don’t just brush
and comb and smooth.

Real hairdressers cut.

Billie looks for her
purple plastic scissors in
her pencil case. Billie’s
scissors are very good at
cutting paper. She hopes
they will be good at
cutting hair, too.

Billie puts Claudia on
her special hairdressing
seat. She tries to cut
a little bit off the bottom
of Claudia’s hair.
But nothing happens.

She tries Tomoko next,
and then Stinky. But it’s
no good.

Billie’s plastic scissors
are good for cutting
paper, but terrible for
cutting hair.

Billie frowns. How can
she be a hairdresser if she
can’t even cut hair?

Then, Billie has an idea.

Chapter
Three

Billie goes into the
bathroom. She opens
up the drawer and sees a
shiny pair of scissors.

Billie is not allowed to
touch the kitchen scissors.
But these scissors are
different, Billie decides.
They are only little
scissors. Perfect for
giving little haircuts.

Billie thinks she is
probably allowed to
use these.

Billie picks up the
little scissors.
She hopes they will be
better than her purple
plastic ones. They look
very sharp. She decides
to test them out.