Braids! by Robert Munsch Read Aloud by Books Read Aloud For Children

Braids! By Robert Munsch. Illustrated by Dave Whamond. On Saturday, when Ashley was sitting at the
breakfast table, her mother came in and said, Look at your hair. Its a mess! It needs a few braids.

A few! Yelled Ashley. You always put in a million braids and
you pull on my hair and it hurts and it takes all day! NO! NO! NO! My hair is OK to just go out and play. Then Ashley ran around the house screaming
Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! While her mother tried to catch her. After they had gone around the house seventeen
times, Ashleys mother caught her, sat her on a chair and started to braid her hair.

It took two hours because Ashleys mom braided her hair back and forth and back and forth and back and forth, AND up and down and up and down and up and down, AND round and round and round and round and round and round. When she was done, Ashley looked in the mirror
and said, Oh, look! Its beautiful. Its wonderful. But it took forever! I wish you didnt like to braid my hair.

Ashley went outside and sat down on the front steps. People came by and said, Hey, Ashley! Nice hair, and Ashley didnt say anything. Then Ashleys grandmother came by. She said, Ashley! What wonderful braids.

But why are you so mad? Its that mother of mine! Said Ashley. She likes to braid my hair and it takes all day. Some kids go to the mall, some kids play games,
I just get my hair braided. Do you know, said her grandmother, why
your mother likes to braid like that? No, said Ashley.

She learned it from me, said her grandmother. When your mom was a little girl I used to braid her hair all the time. It took all day. How come you dont braid her hair now?
Said Ashley.

Cant catch her, said her grandmother. Maybe both of us could catch her! Said Ashley. Good idea, said her grandmother. So they went into the house and Ashleys grandmother said to Ashleys mother, Look at your hair.

It needs some BRAIDS! NO, NO, NO! Yelled Ashleys mom. I am a grown up now and I have important
things to do! NO! NO! NO! NO! Ashleys grandmother said, Now come on,
sweet pea, Im going to braid your hair. Ashleys mom ran around the house screaming
Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! Ahhhh! While Ashley and her grandmother tried to catch her. They chased Ashleys mother around the house
seventeen times until they finally caught her.

Then they sat her in a chair and braided her
hair for three hours. It took three hours because they braided her hair back and forth and back and forth and back and forth, AND up and down and up and down and up and down, AND round and round and round and round and round and round. When they were done, Ashleys mother looked
in the mirror and said, Oh, look! Its beautiful. Its wonderful.

But it took forever. I wish you didnt like to braid my hair. Then Ashley and her mother sat out on the
front steps. Ashleys teacher came by and said, My! What lovely braids.

I wish I had hair like that. LETS GET HER! Said Ashley. Get WHO? Said the teacher. Get YOU! Said Ashley.

Were going to braid your hair and it will take all day! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Yelled the teacher. She ran down the street, and Ashley and her mom and her grandmother and all the neighbours ran after her. They chased the teacher around the block seventeen
times until Ashley finally caught her. Then they sat her on a mailbox and braided her hair.

It took six hours because they braided it back and forth and back and forth and back and forth, AND up and down and up and down
and up and down, AND round and round and round and round and round and round. When they were done the teacher had a thousand
little braids in her hair. She looked sort of like a porcupine. Looks nice! Said Ashleys grandmother.

Looks great! Said Ashleys mother. Wow! Said Ashleys teacher. Im going to wear these braids to school! And Ashley decided not to tell her teacher that sometimes people just do not look good in braids..