The Shorn Lamb

Hannah, a 5-year old girl, was listening to her mother's telephone conversation from the attic stairs and was crying now and then. Her father had taken her to the barber and had her beautiful golden curls cut off. Now her mother was very upset. And her brothers and sisters teased and tormented her. Hannah heard her mother on the phone describing the fights she had had with her father. She said she hated all men and didn't know why on earth she had had children. Suddenly Hannah wished she were a bee so she could sting them all.