Moody Margaret’s Makeover

Moody Margaret’s Makeover “ Watch out, Gurinder! You're smearing your nail polish, " screeched Moody Margaret. “ Violet! Don't touch your face-you're spoiling all my hard work. Susan! Sit still. ” “ I am sitting still, ” said Sour Susan. “ Stop pulling my hair. ” “ I'm not pulling your hair, ” hissed Margaret. “ I'm styling it. ” “ Ouch! ” squealed Susan. “ You're hurting me. ’ “ I am not, crybaby. ”

" I'm not a crybaby, ” howled Susan. Moody Margaret sighed loudly. “ Not everyone can be naturally beautiful like me. Some people" --she glared at Susan-“ have to work at it. ” “ You're not beautiful, " said Sour Susan, snorting. “ I am too, ” said Margaret, primping herself. “ Are not, ” said Susan. “ On the ugly scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the ugliest, wartiest toad, you're a 2. ” “ Huh! ” said Margaret. “ Well, you're so ugly you're minus 1. They don't have an ugly enough scale for you. ”

“ I want my money back! ” shrieked Susan. “ No way! ” shrieked Margaret. “ Now sit down and shut up. ” Across the wall in the next garden, deep inside the branches hiding the top secret entrance of the Purple Hand fort, a master spy pricked up his ears. Money? Had he heard the word money? What was going on next door? Horrid Henry zipped out of his fort and dashed to the low wall separating his yard from Margaret's. Then he stared. And stared some more. He'd seen many weird things in his life. But nothing as weird as this. Moody Margaret, Sour Susan, Lazy Linda, Vain Violet, and Gorgeous Gurinder were sitting in Margaret's garden. Susan had rollers tangling her pink hair. Violet had blue mascara all over her face. Linda was covered in gold glitter. There was spilled nail polish, face powder, and broken lipstick all over Margaret's patio.

Horrid Henry burst out laughing. “ Are you playing clowns?” said Henry. “ Huh, shows how much you know, Henry, " said Margaret. “ I'm doing makeovers. " “ What's that?” said Henry. “ It’s when you change how people look, dummy, ” said Margaret. “ I knew that, ” lied Henry. “ I just wanted to see if you did. " Margaret waved a flyer in his face.

MARGARET'S MAGNIFICENT MAKEOVERS! I can make you beautiful! Yes, even YOU. No one too old or too ugly. Only $l for a pew you! ! ! ! ! Hurry! Special offer ends soon! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Makeovers? Makeovers?What an incredibly stupid idea. Who'd pay to have a moody old grouch like Margaret smear gunk all over their face? Ha! No one. Horrid Henry started laughing and pointing. Vain Violet looked like a demon with red and blue and purple gloop all over her face. Gorgeous Gurinder looked as if a paint pot had been poured down her cheeks. Linda's hair looked as if she'd been struck by lightning.