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It was a beautiful October morning. Crunch! Crunch! I stomped through the fallen leaves on my way to school, pretending I was a dinosaur in the jungle. I felt awesome—until I walked into class.

“Uh-oh,” said my best friend Bilal as soon as he saw me.

“What?” I asked, confused.

He pointed at my hair. “You’re in trouble. Big trouble. Didn’t you see the notice board?”

I shook my head. “Why?”

“The school called a real-life barber today! For the kids who didn’t cut their hair. Remember the warnings? The ones you totally ignored?”

Gulp.

Suddenly, I didn’t feel like a jungle dinosaur anymore. I felt more like a teeny-tiny mouse who needed to hide in a hole.

I sat down quickly, hoping to disappear under my desk. But when the bell rang, our teacher came in, looked straight at me, and said, “You. Haircut line. Now.”

I looked at Bilal. He gave me a thumbs-up, but I could tell he was trying not to laugh.

Soon, I was in a room full of snipping sounds and the smell of shampoo. There he was—the Barber—smiling like he had just won the Haircut Championship of the World.

I sat in the big spinning chair. Swish! A huge cloth was thrown around me like a cape. But I didn’t feel like a superhero. I felt like a superhero in trouble.

“Ready?” asked the barber.

“No,” I mumbled.

Snip! Snip! Buzz! Bzzzz!

Hair fell everywhere. My ears. My nose. My shoes! I felt lighter. I felt…bald. When the barber finished, he spun the chair around to show me in the mirror.

“Ta-da! All school-ready now!” he said.

I looked like a mango with ears.

Back in class, everyone burst out laughing. I tried to smile, but my face was on fire. I just wanted to turn invisible.

At lunch, I didn’t feel like eating. I felt sad…but deep inside, I knew—it was my fault. I ignored the rules. I forgot to be responsible. But that didn’t stop me from wishing my hair would grow back right that second.

When I got home, my mom looked surprised but didn’t say anything right away. At lunch, I told her the whole story, every last snip and buzz.

She gave me a hug and said, “It’s okay. It’s just hair. It’ll grow back.”

Later, my dad took me to a real barber (one who doesn’t laugh like a supervillain), and he did his best to fix the haircut.

And guess what? I didn’t look like a mango anymore—more like a peach. That’s better, right?

🧠 Lesson Learned:

Now I always remember to follow the rules—especially the ones about haircuts! Because being responsible is cooler than being the class clown with the world’s worst haircut!