Beyond the Moongate by Elizabeth Quan

Author:Elizabeth Quan [Quan, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77049-382-7
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2013-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

MAKEUP TIME

Gerry and I were curious. Was the bride one of the pretty older girls in our school from another village? And was the groom one of the nice young men who helped me jump over the crevasse on the Ching Ming walk? Hmm.… We decided to find out by paying the bride a visit.

The next day, we proceeded to the house with the decorated doorway. Although we did not know her, the bride was glad to see us and invited us in. With no duties to perform for her mother-in-law yet, she dawdled with her makeup and her jar of fine-toothed combs at her dressing table. “Shall I make you pretty?” she asked.

Gerry and I smiled and nudged each other, unsure of what she had in mind. But soon she began to apply powder, rouge, and lipstick, chatting all the while. She told us she was seventeen and how much she was enjoying transforming us. Then she dabbed flower-scented dew behind our ears so we would smell pretty, too. When she had finished, we carefully examined ourselves in the mirror – gorgeous! We hurried home to show Mama.

She took one horrified look. “Ai yah!!”  she screamed, running for a washcloth and soap.

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