I Like My Hair Completely the Way it Is Charlie and Lola

Charlie!

Lola?

Charlie!

Ah! Oh! Oh.

-Thhurpp! Thhurpp! Thhurpp!

-I have this little sister, Lola.

-She is small.

-Thhurpp!

And very funny. Her hair is very messy.

Mum says it's far too messy.

(And she has to have a haircut.)

I don't need to get my hair cut, Charlie.

I like my hair completely the way it is.

-But mum says...

-THHURPPPPP!

Huh.

-See, it's easy.

-Oh!

Ah-ah-ah-choo! I don't want to have my hair cut.

-Why Lola?

-Because.

-Because, what?

Because...er... I like my hair completely the way it is.

Oh, look, mum's nearly ready. Then it's your go.

# Hum-hum-hum-hum-hum #

-HE SNIFFS:

-Mmm, nice.

Lola, is that appley or pear shampoo?

Woah! Look at that! Magazines and puzzle books!

And hey! Comics!

Hummm.

Ooh, look in here.

Clippy things, brushes, rollers.

Lola, look! Sparkly bows.

You love sparkly bows.

Oh, Lola, just tell me. Why don't you want your hair cut?

Well, it's my hair and I like it long.

I want to grow it longer till I have long bunches.

And maybe grow it more longer so I can sit on it.

If they cut mine shorterer, like yours, I'll look like...

-You!

-Ha-ha. There are millions of haircuts for girls.

Long hair, short hair, curly hair. Up, down.

You can pick any kind of haircut and still look pretty.

Any kind of haircut, like what?

Ooh, look. Oh, yes.

See, look how different you can be. Well?

But, Charlie, I don't want to be different.

I like my hair completely the way it is.

-Thhurpp!

-But, Lola, you can't SEE properly.

I can see properly, thank you.

OK, how many combs am I holding up then?

Er...five?

-Wrong, three.

-Charlie!

I wasn't ready that time. Do another.

Mmm, all right. What's this?

Er... It's a banana! No, wait!

Mmm... It's a hairdryer! I can see, see!

Maybe you CAN see now. But if your hair was really long,

you wouldn't be able to skip or hop or...do your ballet.

That's just silly, Charlie.

Of course I can dance with long hair.

Ooh! Oh!

Ah!

I'd just need more practise.

When you have your hair cut you'll be able to see and dance properly.

I can use these pretty things to keep my hair away from my eyes.

On specialist occasions. CHARLIE LAUGHS

So, Charlie, I don't really need a haircut today.

No matter what you or mum say.

Lola, are you scared of having your hair cut?

-Me?! Scared!

-Are you scared of the snippy scissors?

I'm absolutely NOT scared.

Not of scissors. Not of hairdressers. Not of anything.

Er. It's just that...

Some people are meant to have long hair and I'm one of them.

What people are those?

Er... Princesses. Princesses all need long hair.

And I'm practising to be a princess, so I need to keep my hair growing.

OK, Lola, tell me, why do all the princesses need long hair?

Well, once upon a time, when I'm growed up,

Princess Lola was in her castle tower,

combing her beautiful, long hair.

# Hum-hum-hum #

One day, her handsome prince rode up,

on his pretty horse.

And asked Princess Lola if he could visit her in her tower,

and marry her.

And she says, "Yes, that's fine."

But he can't come up because there isn't a door.

So Princess Lola dangled her hair over the top.

Just like a climbing rope.

So the nice Prince could climb up,

to say hello.

But because her wicked, mean brother, Charlie, made her cut her hair

her hair was too short!

The nice prince couldn't reach it.

So he couldn't climb up to say hello and couldn't marry Princess Lola.

And now she is all alone and very, very sad.

For ever and ever. The end!

OK, mum says you're next.

-Next!

-Yeah.

-No, not next!

-Come on, Lola.

Quick brush, quick trim, then it's all over.

Not the brushing, Charlie! Please, no brushing!

Oh! It's the brushing you don't like.

Oh...maybe. SNIFFS

Why didn't you tell me before?

-Everyone has to brush their hair, Lola.

-But it hurts!

And I don't like...the knots.

That's why there are knots, because you don't brush your hair.

That's why it looks like a bird's nest.

A big, knotty, clumpy bird's nest.

Urgh!

You don't want to go around with a bird's nest on your head, do you?

No, I definitely don't want a bird's nest on my head, Charlie.

-OK?

-OK.

Ow!

Ow!

Ow-ow-ow-ow!

Sorry, but it's tangley.

-Stop pulling it, then.

-I'm trying.

-Ow!

-Mmm.

-Is that better?

-Much better.

Now people won't think I have chirpy birds and twigs in my hair.

I'll be back in a second, Charlie.

Oh, Lola.

So how's the brushing going, Lola?

Oh, the brushing is easy-peasy now, Charlie.

I brush my hair ALL the time.

-No more knots, then?

-No more knots.

So, er, why are you wearing a hat?

Cos, maybe I think...

I look slightly, a bit...

like you, Charlie.

No, you don't, Lola. You look...

You look just like a princess.

-Princess No Knots!

-Princess No Knots.

THEY LAUGH

Subtitled by Louise Seddon Red Bee Media - 2005

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