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Show Fair Forever '" . . * . . 83, sing, her voice easy and liquid. A minute later, my hair was dropping to the floor like forgotten days. My lap filled. The floor filled. I thought to interrupt. I started to explain how I wanted to Wear my hair-long and shaggy. But I decided I didn't care. I didn't want to stop her song. J . - Wlien she finished, she shook off the towel. 'Off to the sink!' she cried, and she rolled me to the kitchen with a rush. Mom was seated at the table with her calculator and checkbook She removed her glasses and looked at me like she was seeing me for the first time. 77 Amanda washed my hair and then she combed and trimmed once more, especially, at the front near my cowlick. Satisfied, she handed me a mirror. I saw a stranger in the glass. , '.'...• , • ,, . , : , . r . . . . ' - , . . . >,! . •'• , : 'Do you like it?' she asked. 'Yes!'Mom answered. ! , 'She was asking me, mom!' I said. I continued to stare. I hadn't seen my ears naked since. ... 1r. couldn't remember. '••:''• Amanda took the mirror and kneeled down. She looked in my eyes and smiled. 'Very handsome!'she said. Looking at Mom, I saw she was drying her eyes. -.\_" .7 , ,• ! . Later, on the porch, we sat and watched the bay. I asked Amanda if she was, ready for rowing lessons. 'Not just yet,' she answered. Her eyes were fixed on the lighthouse like she was paying it a visit in her mind.. She never spoke again, she just stared and stared and, after a while, she walked to the dock and stood at the end, gazing at the water. . ,'•-•-,• - •:. |