he used to. It grew past his feet, and
Sammy kept tripping over it. Sammy was not so happy with his long
hair anymore.

Finally, one morning his parents had enough, so they marched up to
his room to take him to the barber. But by that time his hair had
filled up the entire room, and it was still growing!

Sammy squeezed out the front door, and his hair followed behind. He
sat in the backseat of the car, and his hair dragged behind him. His
parents sat him in the barber chair, and his hair filled up the
entire shop!

When the haircut was over Sammy felt great. When he looked in the
mirror he decided that maybe he was wrong about haircuts.

Everyone was happy... except for the barber who spent the next three
days cleaning up all the hair he had cut.

XI

IN SPACE

I've decided I'm moving, I'm running away.
I'm bored of this room, and I'd rather not stay.
The best place to live for a girl such as me
Is in space with no rules and no gravity.

My cat Bill and I will need astronaut suits.
Our feet should be fine if we take some snow boots.
We'll wear yellow gloves that you use to wash dishes,
Since dad doesn't use them, like mom says she wishes.

For my helmet, I'm going to bring a fishbowl.
My goldfish won't mind since Bill swallowed them whole.
For the rest, I have found us some trash bags to wear.
With our shiny new suits, we will be quite the pair!

The spaceship dilemma is easy to fix.
I built one last summer, you know, just for kicks.
Space is enormous--you can fly all around.
I bet I'll see planets that nobody's found!

As for Space Monsters, I am not that afraid.
A monster's a friend that you haven't yet made.
First thing I'll do is go looking for Saturn.
I can fly through its rings in my zag and zig pattern.

Next I'll go zipping by Venus and Mars.
It's nice because spaceships are faster than cars.
Bill thinks that on Neptune there are birds everywhere.
I think he'll be mad if we don't stop by there.

Mercury seems like a great place to tan,
But it might be too hot if I don't pack a fan.
When I'm hungry I'll munch on some Jupiter fruit.
I hope that the juice doesn't drip on my suit.

On Uranus I'll put on a wonderful play.
The whole solar system can come, if they pay.
It's freezing on Pluto, especially at night,
But it's famous for hosting the best snowball fight.

Eventually I will fly back to the Earth.
It's really quite beautiful, for what it's worth.
I guess there's no rush t